synchronisation of federal foreign policy aims!

synchronisation of federal foreign policy aims!

Federalism in the contemporary world is a significant means to reconcile unity and diversity within a political system. Democracies like United States of America adopted for federalism to limit governmental powers ,while India and Canada made the choice for federalism because it accommodates diversities.
Diversities within a society enrich politics, culture, legislation and the judicial discourse as it reflects and respects the reality of the diversity of the human nature. Issues of legitimacy, of “we” as opposed to the “other”, autonomy, are important challenging issues to be pondered over.

The forces of integration moved the International Relations away from Realism and more close towards Neo-Liberalism, signified by presence of complex interdependence within the International realm and end of the hegemony of the Statist ideas. The challenge in each federal nation is to ensure that the foreign foray and activities of sub-national/constituent units/ states and the larger aspect of foreign policy as articulated by the federal government do not overlap and clash. The present day global scenario cannot exist in vacuum, bypassing the grassroots, therefore both orders of government need to contribute towards effective external presence of the nation. The constituent units have greater understanding of nuances of ground realities, their needs while the Federal government have greater experience in articulating National Interest in international sphere. Their co-operation needs to be enlisted through effective intergovernmental relations