{"id":219216,"date":"2022-12-20T19:36:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=219216"},"modified":"2022-12-20T19:36:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:06:56","slug":"a-role-for-india-in-a-world-wide-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-role-for-india-in-a-world-wide-web\/","title":{"rendered":"A role for India in a world wide web"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cA role for India in a world wide web\u201d <\/strong>published in The Hindu <\/strong>on 20th December 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Effects of policies of developed and developing countries on India interests<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>– India foreign policy in changing world order<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– The article explains the case of leadership role for India in new global power equations. It explains the available foreign policy choices for India in the changing world order.<\/p>\n

Recently Foreign MInister gave a statement on India’s role in global politics. He stated that India can play a \u201cstabilising\u201d and \u201cbridging\u201d role<\/strong> in the world and can contribute towards the de-risking<\/strong> of the global economy and depolarise <\/strong>the world.<\/p>\n

What is the conventional notion of world leadership?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It relies on the economic and hard-power assumptions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is military strength<\/strong>, nuclear capacity<\/strong> and level of economic development and soft power<\/strong> that decides any country’s stature in international politics.<\/p>\n

Sould India look for a leadership role in the new world order?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

India has the world\u2019s fourth-strongest army.<\/p>\n

In case of nuclear capacity<\/strong>, India\u2019s status having been made clear in 1998, and then formally recognised in the India-U.S. nuclear deal some years later.<\/p>\n

it is already the world\u2019s third largest economy<\/strong> in PPP.<\/p>\n

India is a land of paradoxes<\/strong>. So many speak about India as a great power of the 21st century when we are not yet able to feed, educate and employ all our people.<\/p>\n

So it is not economic growth, military strength or population numbers that would underscore our nation\u2019s potential role in the world of the 21st century. Rather, it is a transformation of the terms of global exchange<\/strong> and the way countries adapt to the new international, interlinked landscape <\/strong>that will shape their future role and direction.<\/p>\n

India should not look for the role of \u201cworld leader\u201d<\/strong>. It should become an active participant in a world that is no longer defined by parameters such as \u201csuperpowers\u201d or \u201cgreat powers\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What are the new dynamics of international politics?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Old binaries of the Cold War era<\/strong> are no longer relevant. The distinction between domestic and international is less and less meaningful in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n

Foreign policy<\/strong> is no longer just foreign. There is a need to think of its domestic implications<\/strong>. The ultimate purpose of any country\u2019s foreign policy is to promote the security and well-being<\/strong> of its own citizens.<\/p>\n

One defining paradigm<\/strong> for foreign policy is impossible for today’s world. India cannot simply be non-aligned<\/strong> between two superpowers when one of them sits on our borders and nibbles at our territory.<\/p>\n

It can not\u00a0 afford to sacrifice strategic autonomy in a quest for self-protection<\/strong>. We need to define a new role<\/strong> for ourselves that depends on our understanding of the way the world is.<\/p>\n

There will be\u00a0 multiple network<\/strong>s, which will sometimes overlap with each other with common memberships, and sometimes be distinct. But they all serve our interests in different ways and for different purposes.<\/p>\n

What is the unique position of India in global affairs?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

India belongs both to the non-aligned movement<\/strong> and western democracies<\/strong>. India is a leading light of grouping developing countries, the G-77<\/strong>. It is also part of G-20 grouping<\/strong>. India plays an influential role both in the United Nations, a universal organisation that has 193 member states, and in the SAARC that has only its seven neighbours.<\/p>\n

India has the great ability to be in all these great institutional networks<\/strong>, pursuing different objectives with different partners<\/strong>. It has moved beyond non-alignment to multi-alignment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward for India foreign policy?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Today, India can take its sovereignty<\/strong> for granted. Our strategic autonomy<\/strong> is a fact of life and no longer something that has to be fought for.<\/p>\n

Our country is now in a position to exercise a vision of responsibility<\/strong> on the world stage. It can assume the new role of participating in the making of global rules<\/strong> and even playing a role in imposing them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cA role for India in a world wide web\u201d published in The Hindu on 20th December 2022. Syllabus: GS2- Effects of policies of developed and developing countries on India interests Relevance– India foreign policy in changing world order News– The article explains the case of leadership role… Continue reading A role for India in a world wide web<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"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":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-219216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219216","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}