Techno-nationalism in the Rise of China and India
Andrew Kennedy, Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University
The pursuit of advanced technologies has been a persistent preoccupation of Chinese and Indian leaders in the modern era. Under Mao Zedong and Jawaharlal Nehru, both countries invested in nationalistic efforts to boost indigenous capabilities, hoping to reduce their countries’ dependence on the outside world. The past decade, however, has seen China and India adopt strikingly different technology policies. Whereas nationalist impulses are resurgent in China, India has been called an “interdependent innovator.” Andrew Kennedy will explore these different approaches and their implications for China and India’s rising power.
Andrew Kennedy is senior lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. His research focuses on international politics in Asia, with particular interest in Chinese and Indian foreign policy. Andrew Kennedy received his PhD in 2007 from Harvard University’s Department of Government. He also holds a Master of Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Cosponsored with the Harvard Fairbanks Center
Location: CGIS South, Doris and Ted Lee Gathering Room (S030), 1730 Cambridge Street, Harvard University