{"id":74966,"date":"2020-12-31T18:18:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T12:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=74966"},"modified":"2021-01-04T14:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T08:52:50","slug":"analysis-of-indias-foreign-policy-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/analysis-of-indias-foreign-policy-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis of India\u2019s Foreign policy in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The various developments that have\u00a0affected Indian foreign policy decisions\u00a0are,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The emergence of the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic that led to severe restrictions on travel.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Deadlock over the continuing occupation of Indian territory by China that witnessed violence at\u00a0Galwanvalley.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u00a0unsettled situation in the U.S., with only three weeks to go for Joe Biden to be sworn in as President.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The game-changing developments in West Asia, the progress in\u00a0Israel-Saudi bilateral relation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>How impactful were the India\u2019s Foreign policy decision during the year 2020?<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">India\u2019s Foreign policy as a result of various global developments had its own pros and cons. Some decisions that we took raised our status in the global arena as a rising global superpower whereas some decisions have invited criticisms.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Download\u00a0 :-Free\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upsc syllabus pdf<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>First,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">India\u2019s efforts towards pandemic recovery through India\u2019s\u00a0pandemic diplomacy\u00a0have made a positive impact.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">India helped many countries with relief supplies, medicines, and equipment during the pandemic. For example, supply of hydroxychloroquine and paracetamol to other countries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">India has also contributed immensely to\u00a0international mobility and migration during\u00a0the pandemic. For example, we supported the movement of more than 1,10,000 foreigners out of India to 120 countries while, more than 2.5 million citizens were facilitated to return to India.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Second<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, India\u2019s\u00a0stress on multilateralism and international cooperation have\u00a0been appreciated.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Third, India has been increasingly involved in adequately\u00a0securitizing foreign policy by\u00a0integration of foreign and defence policies, a new dimension to policymaking for settling border disputes. For example,\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The visit of the Chief of the Army Staff and the Foreign Secretary to Myanmar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The visits of the Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing, the Chief of the Army Staff, and the Foreign Secretary to Nepal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Third<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, in few examples, India was seen as distancing itself from globalisation and\u00a0moving towards\u00a0protectionism\u00a0as against the\u00a0rules of Free trade.\u00a0For example,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The concept of \u201cAtmanirbharta\u201d to reducing dependence on countries like China.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">India\u2019s decision to keep out of the\u00a0Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership has stating that globalization and trade agreements have resulted in\u00a0de-industrialization\u00a0in certain sectors.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Fourth<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, the visible\u00a0intolerance towards international criticism had made other countries to express displeasure over India\u2019s action. For example, two boycotts by Mr. Jaishankar have been seen as an increased intolerance of external criticism.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The first was his decision not to meet Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal owing to her critical view on the Kashmir issue. Senator Bernie Sanders and Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris, now Vice-President-elect, criticized India for \u2018silencing\u2019 its critic.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">The second was his decision to boycott\u00a0Ministerial meeting on COVID-19 convened by Canada. The reason for the boycott was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s statement on the agitation of Indian farmers which is significant to interference in our internal affairs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">However, India\u2019s policy is to be supportive of our diaspora abroad and we need to showcase tolerance towards such criticism from abroad.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background\u00a0 The various developments that have\u00a0affected Indian foreign policy decisions\u00a0are,\u00a0 The emergence of the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic that led to severe restrictions on travel.\u00a0 Deadlock over the continuing occupation of Indian territory by China that witnessed violence at\u00a0Galwanvalley.\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0unsettled situation in the U.S., with only three weeks to go for Joe Biden to be sworn in as&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/analysis-of-indias-foreign-policy-in-2020\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Analysis of India\u2019s Foreign policy in 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":74968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,1351,1310,9],"tags":[1474,1333],"class_list":["post-74966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-public","tag-foreign_policy_india","tag-ir_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Analysis-of-Indias-Foreign-policy-in-2020.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":329,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74966","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}