{"id":229321,"date":"2023-03-01T20:21:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=229321"},"modified":"2023-03-01T20:21:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:51:21","slug":"the-middle-path-for-india-in-the-new-world-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-middle-path-for-india-in-the-new-world-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"The middle path for India in the new world disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cThe middle path for India in the new world disorder\u201d <\/strong>published in The Hindu <\/strong>on 1st March 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- International relations<\/p>\n

Relevance:<\/strong> India foreign policy choices in changing global order<\/p>\n

News-<\/strong> International politics is undergoing major changes. A new world order is emerging.<\/p>\n

What is the shape of current world order?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The U.S. still remains the world\u2019s most powerful military power<\/strong>. But the U.S.\u2019s ability to shape geopolitical outcomes<\/strong> is clearly in decline. It was seen in its withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war or the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

These changes actually leave the world in a flux<\/strong>. There\u2019s a lack of clarity on which direction the world is headed. It makes policy making harder for middle powers like India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Even if a new cold war breaks out between the U.S. and China, the global orde<\/strong>r is unlikely to be bipolar.<\/p>\n

During the Cold War, the world was divided into two ideologies and two systems. Today\u2019s world is much more diverse ideologically and integrated economically. <\/strong><\/p>\n

What are the foreign policy challenges faced by India in recent times?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India faces an entirely new set of challenges in the new global disorder.<\/strong> The arena of the looming U.S.\u00adChina great power contest<\/strong> is Asia. It is unfolding right in India\u2019s neighbourhood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the Cold War, India didn\u2019t have hostile relations with any of the opposing superpowers.<\/strong> Today, India would be tempted to join the American bloc as it faces the China problem. There is a convergence of interests <\/strong>between India and the U.S. when it comes to China.<\/p>\n

The power imbalance<\/strong> between India and China has widened in recent years. China has also developed a strategic partnership with Pakista<\/strong>n. It is raising its influence in other South Asian and Indian Ocean countries<\/strong>. Besides, the border situation is hostile after the Glawan incident.<\/p>\n

But Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has complicated India\u2019s options further.<\/p>\n

Russia is a traditional partner<\/strong> with which India has deep defence ties. India is under huge pressure from its partners to take a more critical position on Russia\u2019s actions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Besides, India also worries that the West\u2019s move to isolate Russia <\/strong>in Europe would push the country further into the Chinese embrace<\/strong>. Any policy decisions should factor in these delicate changes under way in global politics.<\/p>\n

What is the way forward for Indian foreign policy establishment?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

India should prepare itself for a prolonged strategic competition<\/strong> with China. India could perhaps learn a lesson from what China did in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

The Soviet Union was China\u2019s ideological brother and neighbou<\/strong>r.\u00a0 It broke away from the Soviet communist fold and built a quasi alliance with the U.S<\/strong>. It helped the \u2018imperialist bloc<\/strong>\u2019 to defeat the Soviet communists.<\/p>\n

Once it acquired enough economic and military power<\/strong>, China started gradually challenging the U.S.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s primary focus should be on transforming itself economically and militarily<\/strong>. It should stay focussed on its rise and bridging the gap with China<\/strong>. It should present itself as a natural stabilising power in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, China is not the only problem India faces. In continental Asia<\/strong>, India sees a different set of challenges, especially after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban\u2019s return to power.<\/p>\n

India has to address its continental security challenges <\/strong>and manage its inroads into Central Asia. For this, India has to work with Eurasian powers such as Russia and Iran<\/strong>. Both of which are at odds with the U.S.<\/p>\n

So, abandoning its strategic autonomy<\/strong> and joining a U.S.\u00adled bloc <\/strong>would limit India\u2019s options in the new world. It will also provoke China. An open conflict with China doesn\u2019t serve India\u2019s strategic interests.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There could be many power centres in the new world order. India should opt for multi\u00adengagement not multi\u00adalignment <\/strong>as some experts have suggested for a multipolar world.<\/p>\n

It should aim to create new pillars of the new order by engagement and partnership with middle powers.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cThe middle path for India in the new world disorder\u201d published in The Hindu on 1st March 2023. Syllabus: GS2- International relations Relevance: India foreign policy choices in changing global order News- International politics is undergoing major changes. A new world order is emerging. What is the… Continue reading The middle path for India in the new world disorder<\/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-229321","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\/229321","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=229321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}