Describe the Indian Foreign policy.
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While keeping in view the fundamental objectives of India’s foreign policy listed above, India has adopted and pursued certain principles to realize these objectives. Some of these principles are given in Article 51 under the Directive Principles of Policy in the Constitution Of India. These principles are: promotion of international peace and security; friendly relations with other countries; respect for international law and international organizations like the UN; and finally the peaceful settlement of international disputes. The principles of India’s foreign policy and its objectives are closely interlinked with each other. These principles have stood the test of time and are ingrained in the international law and India’s foreign policy practice. Some of these principles are discussed below.
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Composition
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Foreign policy is a policy pursued by a State in its international interactions, world affairs and in its
foreign relation. These policies are made in context with the external environment. Foreign policy is
basically both a policy and a course of action. Foreign policy connotes a greater degree of rational
procedure, and a type of planning involved in a step-by-step progress to a known and defined goal. It
is a relatively rational answer to prevailing external conditions. Though there are certain constraints,
national and international, to any such well thought out planning, yet an endeavour is invariably
made, and will continue to be made.Foreign Policy of any nation is always conditioned by certain factors which are known as
determinants. Determinants include factors like -history, geography, social and economic system,
economic and military capability, domestic and international environment and many more. It is
these determinants which makes one foreign policy different from one another. But one common
factor in every foreign policy is that every foreign policy is guided by the national interest and is
influenced largely by their leadership. Leadership plays a very important role as they come with their
own world view, perceptions and with their own personalities. Leaders basically shape the whole
foreign policy. Thus we witness certain continuities and changes in the Foreign Policy of any nation
in due course of time.Non-alignment has been an important feature of India’s foreign policy. The aim of Non-alignment
was to maintain national independence in foreign affairs.Non-alignment was neither neutrality nor
non-involvement nor isolationism. It was a dynamic concept. Furthermore, Non-Alignment gained
popularity in the developing countries.Consequently, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was
created and founded during the collapse of the colonial system and the independence struggles of
the peoples of Africa, Asia, Latin America and other regions of the world.India believes in and supports Democracy; however, India does not believe in the export of
ideologies. India has therefore endeavoured to deal with the government-of-the-day, be it a
democracy, monarchy or military dictatorship. India believes that it is best left to the people of the
country to choose or remove their leaders and retain or change the form of governance. By
extension of the above principle, India does not endorse the idea of regime change or violation of
territorial integrity in a particular country by use of force or other means by another country or a
group of countries.( Ex. US interventions in Iraq, Libya, Syria or Russia’s intervention in Georgia,
Ukraine etc.)
At the same time, India does not hesitate in promoting democracy wherever potential exists; this is
done by proactively providing assistance in capacity building and strengthening the institutions of
democracy, albeit with the explicit consent of the concerned Government.