India’s Strategic Partnerships
It can be argued that Indian foreign policy is far from non-aligning and to some extent highly-aligned multi-alignment systems. Instead, as Sibal points out, the India's strategic partnerships model represents non-alignment in favor of "strategic autonomy" - another discussed and ambiguous goal of India’s strategic partnerships that has existed since Nehru's time. The “strategic partnership” model that outsiders look toward India is often disappointing. In a conversation with American experts, we understand that India's so-called strategic autonomy. It can be seen as more of a delusion in this regard - a criticism that echoes back in the days when it was not fully aligned. Although today's policymakers see a clear hierarchy in their foreign relations. India is partly dependent on the basic strategic logic of not aligning. Strategic and international affairs Does India have its own strategic and international affairs ? This is a powerful question, qui...