Empires fall, and the gravity of their fall pulls every ally a little closer to the void It was the chilly winter of 1991. The communist flag of the Soviet Union was coming down, the world’s biggest superpower was breaking apart, and new nations were about to emerge. Russia, as a new country, was going to rise from the fragments of the USSR. The collapse of the Soviet Union was not only a shock for Russia itself, but an even bigger shock for India, whose earlier leaders had built an ambitious nation with the help of the USSR. The collapse of the USSR made the Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization (LPG) reforms an inevitable necessity for India.The end of the bipolar world order created a geopolitical vacuum, which maken India to rethink . its foreign policy and economic strategy. In the absence of its traditional ally, India was pushed to seek new alignments, gradually shifting its orientation from East to West. This transition marked the beginning of a long-term strat...
The meaning of national interest is survival-the protection of physical, political, and cultural identity against encroachments by other nation-states. In the Morgenthauian tradition, national interest is divine and survival its cornerstone. Yet India’s recent foreign policy in the Middle East, at its borders with China and Pakistan, and in multilateral forums reveals a perplexing fog, where survival instincts seem reactive and strategic clarity slippery. As the world burns,the. New Delhi often watches with an awkward silence . Foreign policy in the world of IR is the set of strategies and actions a country adopts to manage its relationships with other nations. These objectives are driven by national interests, such as protecting internal security, ensuring progress, and securing economic well-being. These objectives are usually driven by national interest protecting internal security, ensuring progress, and securing economic well-being. The core of India's current policy is the s...