{"id":18834,"date":"2018-04-18T16:07:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T10:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=18834"},"modified":"2018-04-18T16:08:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T10:38:02","slug":"relevance-of-non-aligned-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/relevance-of-non-aligned-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Relevance of Non Aligned Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>18th mid-term ministerial meeting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was held in Azerbaijan in the month of April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What is NAM?:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-Aligned Movement(NAM) was formed in the <\/span><b>backdrop of the end of Second World War<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when the <\/span><b>world was bipolar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with countries allying either with the USA or the USSR. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>newly Independent countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including India felt that alliance with either of the two blocs would <\/span><b>impede the individual growth and development of the nation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the <\/span><b>disintegration of USSR <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the end of bipolarity the very reason for the existence of NAM came to be questioned. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the rise of many regional and multilateral groupings, a section of the academia believe that NAM has been sidelined. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>India and NAM:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being the <\/span><b>largest member-state of NAM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, India has been one of the <\/span><b>leaders of the movement <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">since the time of Jawaharlal Nehru, one of the founding fathers of this movement.(Sukarno, Josip Broz Tito, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Kwame Nkrumah were the other founding fathers).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>NAM in the cold war era:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Positive Role<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NAM played an important role during the Cold War years in furthering many of the causes that India advocated like:<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Decolonisation <\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">End to <\/span><b>apartheid<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global <\/span><b>nuclear disarmament<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ushering in of <\/span><b>new international economic and information orders <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Negative Role<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Could not prevent <\/span><b>India-Pakistan and Indo-China wars.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the wars, NAM members invariably <\/span><b>adopted diplomatic positions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that were not favourable towards or supportive of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Taking a broader perspective:<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-alignment stood for <\/span><b>policy autonomy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the erstwhile newly independent countries. 2)These countries banded together because of their <\/span><b>shared traditions and histories<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which included <\/span><b>anti-colonialism, anti-imperialism and anti-racism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea behind non-alignment thus conceived was to<\/span><b> promote peace and security<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a global arena where superpowers were constantly posturing to achieve their hegemonic ambitions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Relevance of NAM:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can be used as a platform to bring about<\/span><b> disarmament.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voice of the <\/span><b>South Bloc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Third World Countries)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stability in the rising <\/span><b>multipolar world order<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can help to contain the<\/span><b> rise of China<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by raising a collective voice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A platform where <\/span><b>India\u2019s Leadership is recognized<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A unique platform of <\/span><b>countries with dissimilar backgrounds and interests<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can be used to gather support for India\u2019s quest to become a <\/span><b>permanent member of the UNSC.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Why India\u2019s Non Aligned Credentials are being questioned? <\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India joined the <\/span><b>Quadrilateral Security Dialogue<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a coalition seen by many as a counterforce to China\u2019s rise in the Indo-Pacific.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perception in some quarters that <\/span><b>India is well-inclined towards the U.S.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its allies, while it has simultaneously allowed a drift away from its old allies such as Russia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Russia\u2019s drift from India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the emergence of a <\/span><b>Russia-China-Pakistan trilateral.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s <\/span><b>skipped the 17th Non Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Rising influence of <b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BRICS.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Way Ahead:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non alignment as well as Non Aligned movement will <\/span><b>always be relevant.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has a<\/span><b> responsibility as the leader of the South Bloc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hence should make use of NAM to protect the interest of smaller nations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: The 18th mid-term ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was held in Azerbaijan in the month of April. &nbsp; What is NAM?: Non-Aligned Movement(NAM) was formed in the backdrop of the end of Second World War when the world was bipolar with countries allying either with the USA or the USSR. 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