{"id":141847,"date":"2021-10-19T18:42:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=141847"},"modified":"2021-10-22T17:46:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:16:36","slug":"a-shadow-foreign-policy-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-shadow-foreign-policy-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A shadow foreign policy for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Synopsis: <\/strong>A new research paper has emerged which offers some directions for alternatives to India’s foreign policy.<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/h5>\n

For the first time, a document has emerged from the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) named \u2018India\u2019s Path to Power: Strategy in a world adrift\u2019<\/strong>. It is authored by eight well-known strategists and thinkers and provides foreign policy alternatives.<\/p>\n

India does not have a shadow cabinet<\/span>. Under such circumstances, strategic papers by experts, which provide alternate foreign policy options, become very important.<\/p>\n

What have been the changes in foreign policy by the current government?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The government has taken a bold, and assertive foreign policy, overcoming the hesitations of history. For instance, after peace initiatives with Pakistan failed, the Government of India took a firm stand against terrorism. This has resulted in the following benefits,<\/p>\n

Even though close relations with the other neighbours did not materialize, the government’s helpful attitude managed all situations and has averted any crisis.<\/p>\n

There is a new synergy in India-U.S. relations.<\/p>\n

The government is also engaging with China continuously to build strong bilateral relations.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s relations with Israel and the Arab countries have now become productive.<\/p>\n

What were the challenges faced by the government?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Article 370<\/a> <\/strong>was a domestic matter. But, questions have been raised in the West about human rights and the state of democracy in India.<\/p>\n

The pandemic, the economic meltdown and China\u2019s incursion into Ladakh <\/strong>added to the troubles of the government.<\/p>\n

Moreover, political polarization and majoritarianism might diminish India. For example, the opposition in India questioned the foreign policy of the government.<\/p>\n

What should be the way forward?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

India should keep its focus on economic growth and should promote further globalization.<\/strong> There is a fundamental need<\/span> to change the outlook towards China<\/strong>. India<\/span> <\/span>should also look at resuming political dialogue with Pakistan. <\/strong><\/p>\n

All this can be best done when ruling parties and opposition parties have coherence in the terms of foreign policy.<\/p>\n

The source of India\u2019s influence in the world rests on four pillars, domestic economic growth, social inclusion, political democracy and liberal constitutional order<\/strong>. If the government strengthened these integral pillars, then there is no stopping for India.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> This post is based on article \u201cA shadow foreign policy for the first time\u201d <\/strong>published in The Hindu <\/strong>on 19h<\/sup> October 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Synopsis: A new research paper has emerged which offers some directions for alternatives to India’s foreign policy. Introduction For the first time, a document has emerged from the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) named \u2018India\u2019s Path to Power: Strategy in a world adrift\u2019. It is authored by eight well-known strategists and thinkers and provides foreign… Continue reading A shadow foreign policy for the first time<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[9084,212],"class_list":["post-141847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-foreign-policy-of-india","tag-gs-paper-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704713613},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}