write a short note on Foreign policy of Indian National Congress
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Explanation:
In March 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that, “international institutions are going to have to start to accommodate [India] in some way.” [i] From an Indian perspective she is years late. But it is an objective that the developed world is only now beginning to affirm and towards which it is still only taking hesitant steps.
While local politics in India mandate an internal focus, recent Indian administrations have understood that it will require engagement with the international community to achieve their domestic objectives. In words, India still focuses inwardly: in actions, however, India is beginning to feel its way outside its borders. In recent years, India’s military, diplomatic and economic energies have expanded far beyond Nehru’s Non-Aligned position. But what does that mean for India, its region, and to the United States?
What Drives India’s Foreign Policy Today?
India’s foreign policy is driven by five principal considerations, through which lie its relationships with the United States and China [1].