From Non Alignment to Multi Alignment: India’s Balancing Power Strategy

Akash P Vaishnav

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.5605

From Non Alignment to Multi Alignment: India’s Balancing Power Strategy

Author(s)	Akash P Vaishnav
Country	India
Abstract	India, now the world’s fifth-largest economy and a rising power in the world started its journey in the international realm by choosing to remain strategically autonomous under the umbrella of the Non-Alignment Movement. India, also a founding member state of the Non-Alignment Movement stayed true to its decision for more than two decades by not moving into any of the two primary security blocs (US, USSR) during the Cold War. India, then under the leadership of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru decided to delve into the waters of non alignment because it simply wanted to stay away from another looming crisis that was the Cold War. Jawaharlal Nehru and the foreign policy makers of India had already seen two bloody world wars and the disaster that was brought by it. Quite understandably, India didn’t want themselves to engulf in another global conflict. However, with the swiftly changing times in the global order, Indian Foreign Policy went through tremendous changes. New opportunities arose for new partnerships. From Non-Alignment in the 20th century, Indian Foreign Policy has come far with its outreach much broader and well-versed in contemporary times. India understood the need to multi align themselves after the fall of Berlin Wall which saw the end of the erstwhile USSR. A broken Russia was not in the interest of India but they had to quickly change their strategy to fill the massive vacuum of support left by the USSR. That is when, India slowly started to reach out to West and it’s allies. Indian Foreign Policy has truly moved on from Nehruvian Idealism to Strategic Realism and Economic Pragmatism. India now has strong relations with multiple poles of power while still exercising its strategic autonomy without much external influence from a certain or any blocs of power. To study the following, relevant data or references will be taken from various reliable books written by experts in the International Relations field. References will also be taken into account from journals, articles and other published research papers from scholars.
Keywords	India, Non Alignment, Multi Alignment, Indian Foreign Policy
Field	Arts
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023
Published On	2023-08-24
Cite This	From Non Alignment to Multi Alignment: India’s Balancing Power Strategy - Akash P Vaishnav - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.5605
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.5605
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gsm4xr

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