Dr Nitasha Kaul 2022. Friendship and International Relations in the Himalayas: Bhutan, Britain and the 1910 Treaty of Punakha. Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions. 46 (3), pp. 417-438. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0165115322000067
| Title | Friendship and International Relations in the Himalayas: Bhutan, Britain and the 1910 Treaty of Punakha |
|---|---|
| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Dr Nitasha Kaul |
| Abstract | This article posits that friendship has been a particularly fertile and creative category against the backdrop of imperial expansion and consolidation in the Himalayas. As a small but strategically perceived sovereign Himalayan country, Bhutan's history through the last centuries has been marked simultaneously by imperial and post-colonial asymmetries of power. The term “friendship” is deployed as a key diplomatic category in Bhutan's most significant relationship, that with its much larger neighbour India. However, the origin of this friendship is always traced back to the mid-twentieth-century post-colonial period. In contradistinction to this, I constellate a much longer history of this friendship with a special focus on the landmark 1910 Treaty of Punakha between Bhutan and Britain, which was a key turning point in Bhutan's relations with its southern neighbour (British India at the time). Scholars typically state as a matter of fact that in the year 1910, with the initiative of Political Officer Charles Bell, a treaty was signed between Britain and Bhutan that placed Bhutan's external relations under the guidance of Britain. This present work is situated within the oeuvre of critically rereading imperial sources and evaluating their historical legacies, and is the first detailed scholarly analysis of why this treaty was significant and how it came to be signed. I identify the factors that were at work in how and why the 1910 friendship treaty was realised for imperial British purposes—the interpersonal friendships fostered by the British Political Officers; the threat of China as an Other; and the representation of material and ideational advantages from associating with an imperial power. In making this argument, I analyse the role played by the vocabulary of friendship and draw upon primary archival sources to illustrate the factors that were at work as well as the dissonance between the archival and public rationales provided by Political Officer Bell. The 1910 treaty was signed at a watershed moment after the then-recent installation of a monarchy in Bhutan in 1907, and against the great game backdrop of Qing activities in Tibet and British interests in the region; throughout the twentieth century, the impact of this friendship treaty was of paramount significance, and its shadow continues into the twenty-first century. |
| Keywords | Bhutan |
| friendship | |
| Himalayas | |
| Britain | |
| treaty | |
| diplomacy | |
| Journal | Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions |
| Journal citation | 46 (3), pp. 417-438 |
| ISSN | 0165-1153 |
| 2041-2827 | |
| Year | 2022 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher's version | License CC BY 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0165115322000067 |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/itinerario/article/friendship-and-international-relations-in-the-himalayas-bhutan-britain-and-the-1910-treaty-of-punakha/84B58A6909F14A5B6D609B825777A0D1 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published online | 23 Sep 2022 |
| Supplemental file | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
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Kaul, N. 2015. Why the New Film About the Gang Rape and Murder of Jyoti Singh Is Required Viewing. The Nation.
Stormy Days Ahead for the BJP-PDP alliance of Opposites
Kaul, N. 2015. Stormy Days Ahead for the BJP-PDP alliance of Opposites. The Quint.
Mother Wit
Kaul, N. 2015. Mother Wit. Kindle Magazine.
On Hindutva hate politics: A few things I wasn't able to discuss with Ram Madhav on Al Jazeera
Kaul, N. 2015. On Hindutva hate politics: A few things I wasn't able to discuss with Ram Madhav on Al Jazeera. Scroll.in.
Residue
Kaul, N. 2014. Residue . New Delhi Rupa Publications (Rainlight Imprint).
The Book of Love
Kaul, N. 2013. The Book of Love. Kindle Magazine.
Divorce in Bhutan
Kaul, N. 2013. Divorce in Bhutan. in: Emery, R.E. (ed.) Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia Sage.
Everything I cannot tell you About the Women of Kashmir
Kaul, N. 2013. Everything I cannot tell you About the Women of Kashmir. in: Shah, F. (ed.) Of Occupation and Resistance: Writings from Kashmir New Delhi Westland and Traquebar Press. pp. 252-258
Kashmir: a place of blood and memory
Kaul, N. 2013. Kashmir: a place of blood and memory. in: Kak, S. (ed.) Until my Freedom has Come: The New Intifada in Kashmir Chicago Haymarket Books. pp. 189-212
The idea of India and Kashmir
Kaul, N. 2013. The idea of India and Kashmir. Seminar. 643, pp. 72-75.
Fashion: Theory and Praxis
Kaul, N. 2013. Fashion: Theory and Praxis. Kindle Magazine.
Beyond Maps, Beyond Nations
Kaul, N. 2013. Beyond Maps, Beyond Nations. New Internationalist.
The Heart of Darkness
Kaul, N. 2013. The Heart of Darkness. Kindle Magazine.
Who are You?
Kaul, N. 2012. Who are You? Kindle Magazine.
The last hope
Kaul, N. 2012. The last hope. Kindle Magazine.
Strangers of Sofia
Kaul, N. 2012. Strangers of Sofia. Kindle Magazine.
Recalling Morocco
Kaul, N. 2012. Recalling Morocco. Kindle Magazine.
Once upon a time in Copenhagen
Kaul, N. 2012. Once upon a time in Copenhagen. Kindle Magazine.
Recalling Saigaon
Kaul, N. 2012. Recalling Saigaon. Kindle Magazine.
In Hanoi
Kaul, N. 2012. In Hanoi. Kindle Magazine.
Hunger, Resistance and Creativity
Kaul, N. 2011. Hunger, Resistance and Creativity. Kindle Magazine.
Of a Woman's Body
Kaul, N. 2011. Of a Woman's Body. Kindle Magazine.
Night As It Was
Kaul, N. 2011. Night As It Was. Kindle Magazine.
India/China/Kashmir/Tibet
Kaul, N. 2011. India/China/Kashmir/Tibet. Kindle Magazine.
MC Kash: That Bayonet of a Voice
Kaul, N. 2011. MC Kash: That Bayonet of a Voice. Kindle Magazine.
Musings on Political Machismo
Kaul, N. 2011. Musings on Political Machismo. Kindle Magazine.
Hope and Despair
Kaul, N. 2011. Hope and Despair. Pratilipi: a bilingual literary journal.
Women in Bhutan
Kaul, N. 2011. Women in Bhutan. in: Encyclopedia of Women in Today′s World Sage.
A disruptive ethnography of Tanzanian-Indians
Anand, D. and Kaul, N. 2011. A disruptive ethnography of Tanzanian-Indians. South Asian Diaspora. 3 (2), pp. 183-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/19438192.2011.579457
On Loving and Losing Kashmir
Kaul, N. 2011. On Loving and Losing Kashmir. in: Pande, I. (ed.) A Tangled Web: Jammu & Kashmir India HarperCollins. pp. 42-53
On Loving and Losing Kashmir
Kaul, N. 2011. On Loving and Losing Kashmir. India International Centre Quarterly. 34 (3/4), pp. 42-53.
Cultural Econo-Mixes of the Bazaar
Kaul, N. 2011. Cultural Econo-Mixes of the Bazaar. in: Pollard, J., McEwan, C. and Hughes, A. (ed.) Postcolonial Economies London Zed Books. pp. 107-128
How many zeroes are there in a trillion? On Economics, Neoliberalism and Economic Justice
Kaul, N. 2011. How many zeroes are there in a trillion? On Economics, Neoliberalism and Economic Justice. openDemocracy.
Every Life is a Sentence: An Introduction
Kaul, N. 2010. Every Life is a Sentence: An Introduction. in: Kaul, N. (ed.) November Light: An Anthology of Creative Writing from Bhutan Bhutan Kuensel.
India's big guns bazaar
Kaul, N. 2010. India's big guns bazaar. openDemocracy.
The City and Im/Passivity
Kaul, N. 2009. The City and Im/Passivity. Pratilipi: a bilingual literary journal.
The Day That Came To Us
Kaul, N. 2009. The Day That Came To Us. Pratilipi: a bilingual literary journal.
Who Carries Out Spectacular Acts of Terrorism and Why?
Kaul, N. 2009. Who Carries Out Spectacular Acts of Terrorism and Why? CTheory. 31 (3).
Letter (to my fictional characters in the city of Berlin)
Kaul, N. 2009. Letter (to my fictional characters in the city of Berlin). in: Reyes, H. and Derbyshire, K. (ed.) Berlin (City-lit series) London Oxygen books. pp. 220-222
The House I'll Soon Give Up
Kaul, N. 2009. The House I'll Soon Give Up. Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture & Society. 21 (4), pp. 619-620. https://doi.org/10.1080/08935690903145879
A view on the London Book Fair
Kaul, N. 2009. A view on the London Book Fair. Notes from the Underground.
Wine, Women, Valentine
Kaul, N. 2009. Wine, Women, Valentine. Outlook Magazine.
Economics Turning People into Things
Kaul, N. 2009. Economics Turning People into Things. Development. 52, pp. 298-301. https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2009.43
Elderly Single Women and Urban Property: When a Room of One’s Own Becomes a Curse
Kaul, N. 2009. Elderly Single Women and Urban Property: When a Room of One’s Own Becomes a Curse. Gender & Development. 17 (3), pp. 493-502. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552070903299186
Democracy in the Non-West: Facts, Fictions and Frictions
Kaul, N. 2009. Democracy in the Non-West: Facts, Fictions and Frictions. Beyond the Ballot Box: Report from the Deepening and Sustaining Democracy in Asia Conference. Bhutan 11 - 14 Nov 2009 Centre for Bhutan Studies.
Hope and Despair
Kaul, N. 2008. Hope and Despair. Pratilipi: a bilingual literary journal.
Democracy is all you need?
Kaul, N. 2008. Democracy is all you need? The Edinburgh Journal.
Die jüngste Demokratie der Welt
Kaul, N. 2008. Die jüngste Demokratie der Welt. Kulturaustausch: Zeitschrift für internationale Perspektiven.
Unscheduled Halt
Kaul, N. 2008. Unscheduled Halt. South Asian Review. 29 (3), pp. 218-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/02759527.2008.11932634
Power to the People
Kaul, N. 2008. Power to the People. CSD Bulletin. 15 (2), pp. 1-2 & 20.
Lessons for the World
Kaul, N. 2008. Lessons for the World. Times of India.
Bhutan is neither authoritarian nor stuck in a time warp
Kaul, N. 2008. Bhutan is neither authoritarian nor stuck in a time warp. The Guardian.
Bearing Better Witness in Bhutan
Kaul, N. 2008. Bearing Better Witness in Bhutan. Economic and Political Weekly. XLIII (37), pp. 67-69.
Bankers on Benefit
Kaul, N. 2008. Bankers on Benefit. Znet.
Bhutan crowns a jewel
Kaul, N. 2008. Bhutan crowns a jewel. UPI Asia.
Imagining Economics Otherwise: encounters with identity/difference
Kaul, N. 2007. Imagining Economics Otherwise: encounters with identity/difference. London Routledge.
Writing Economic Theory AnOther Way
Kaul, N. 2004. Writing Economic Theory AnOther Way. in: Charusheela, S. and Zein-Elabdin, E. (ed.) Postcolonialism Meets Economics London Routledge.
Review of K. Saunders (ed.), “Feminist Post-Development Thought: Rethinking Modernity, Post-colonialism and Representation
Kaul, N. 2004. Review of K. Saunders (ed.), “Feminist Post-Development Thought: Rethinking Modernity, Post-colonialism and Representation. International Feminist Journal of Politics. 6 (2), pp. 353-355. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461674042000211380
Review of P.I. Olson and Z. Emami (eds), “Engendering Economics: Conversations with Women Economists in the United States
Kaul, N. 2003. Review of P.I. Olson and Z. Emami (eds), “Engendering Economics: Conversations with Women Economists in the United States. The Economic Journal (Journal of the The Royal Economic Society). 113 (485), pp. 203-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.t01-3-00105
The anxious identities we inhabit…Post’isms and Economic Understandings
Kaul, N. 2003. The anxious identities we inhabit…Post’isms and Economic Understandings. in: Barker, D. and Kuiper, E. (ed.) Toward A Feminist Philosophy of Economics London Routledge.
Review of S. Hekman (ed.), “Feminism, Identity and Difference
Kaul, N. 2002. Review of S. Hekman (ed.), “Feminism, Identity and Difference. Feminist Economics. 8 (3), pp. 127-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545700210138703
Review of World Bank Policy Research Report, “Engendering Development: Through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources and Voice
Kaul, N. 2002. Review of World Bank Policy Research Report, “Engendering Development: Through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources and Voice. Journal of Development Studies . 38 (6), pp. 170-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380412331322631
A critical 'post' to critical realism
Kaul, N. 2002. A critical 'post' to critical realism. Cambridge Journal of Economics. 26 (6), pp. 709-726. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/26.6.709
“Neoclassical Economics”, “Feminist Economics”, “Experimental Economics”, “Paul Samuelson” and “New Household Economics”
Kaul, N. 2001. “Neoclassical Economics”, “Feminist Economics”, “Experimental Economics”, “Paul Samuelson” and “New Household Economics”. in: Michie, J. (ed.) Readers Guide to the Social Sciences London Fitzroy Dearborn.
Feminism in Economics: Theoria and Aporia
Kaul, N. 2001. Feminism in Economics: Theoria and Aporia. in: Assiter, A., Britton, C. and Brina, C. (ed.) Millenial Visions: Feminisms into the 21st Century Cardiff Cardiff Academic Press.
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