This paper is published in Volume-3, Issue-6, 2017
Area
Indian Context
Author
Bapukan Saikia
Org/Univ
Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India
Pub. Date
23 November, 2017
Paper ID
V3I6-1274
Publisher
Keywords
Policy, Power, Neighbor, Government.

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Bapukan Saikia. A Brief Study of the Changing Nature of Indian Foreign Policy, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Bapukan Saikia (2017). A Brief Study of the Changing Nature of Indian Foreign Policy. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 3(6) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Bapukan Saikia. "A Brief Study of the Changing Nature of Indian Foreign Policy." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 3.6 (2017). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

The foreign policy of a country is the sum total of the principles, interests, and objectives which it seeks to promote through its relations with other countries. Preservation of national interest, achievement of world peace, disarmament, independence for Afro-Asian nations has been important objectives of India’s foreign policy. INDIA'S foreign policy between 1947 and 1964 was conceived almost entirely by one man - Jawaharlal Nehru. The systemic constraints on India’s foreign policy stemmed from the onset of the Cold War which virtually coincided with India’s independence in 1947. In the parliamentary election of March 1977, Indira Gandhi was defeated but while addressing the nation, Janta Party leader Morarji Desai as Prime Minister stressed to follow same policy on external issues. The changes in Indian foreign policy are based on India's aspirations for great power status and coincide with, or at least follow the Indian economic reforms since the 1990s. One of the successful achievements the Indian policymakers achieved was 123 Agreement which signed between New Delhi and Washington. The Narendra Modi-led government which came into power in 2014 has accorded high priority to India’s Look East Policy. He made known to the world that India is not merely ‘Looking East’ but is now ‘Acting East’ as well, thus, revising the title to ‘India’s Act-East Policy’. The themes of greater connectivity, stronger cooperation, and broader contacts dominate India’s engagement with its neighbors today.