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India’s External Relations

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Identify any two aspects of India’s foreign policy that you would like to retain and two that you would like to change, if you were to become a decision maker. Give reasons to support your position.

Solution

Various aspects of India’s foreign policy are as mentioned below :

(i) Policy of Non-alignment.

(ii) Friendly relations with Russia.

(iii) Afro-Asian Unity.

(iv) Comprehensive nuclear disarmament without discrimination.

(v) Use of Atomic energy for peaceful purposes.

(vi) Solution of international disputes by negotiations and peaceful methods.

(vii) Support for UNO.

If I were a decision maker, I would like to retain the following two aspects of India’s foreign policy :

(i) Comprehensive nuclear disarmament without any discrimination. The reason is that a nuclear war would destroy human civilisation on earth.

(ii) Solution of international disputes by negotiations and peaceful methods, as it is based on mutual consensus.

I would like to change the following two aspects :

(i) Policy of non-alignment: The reason for change is that in the present unipolar world is that it has become irrelevant.

(ii) Friendly relations with Russia :We should prefer USA to Russia anymore in this unipolar world.

Some More Questions From India’s External Relations Chapter

India’s foreign policy was built around the principles of peace and cooperation. But India fought three wars in a space of ten years between 1962 and 1972. Would you say that this was a failure of the foreign policy ? Or would you say that this was a result of international situation ? Give reasons to support your answer.

Does India’s foreign policy reflect her desire to be an important regional power ? Argue your case with the Bangladesh war of 1971 as an example.

How does political leadership of a nation affect its foreign policy ? Explain this with the help of examples from India’s foreign policy.

Read this passage and answer the questions below :
“Broadly, non-alignment means not tying yourself off with military blocs... It means trying to view things, as far as possible, not from the military point of view, though that has to come in sometimes, but independently, and trying to maintain friendly relations with all countries. ” —Jawaharlal Nehru

(a) Why does Nehru want to keep off military blocs ?

(b) Do you think that the Indo-Soviet friendship treaty violated the principle of non-alignment ? Give reasons for your answer.

(c) If there were no military blocs, do you think non-alignment would have been unnecessary ?

Which concerns were reflected in India’s foreign policy after independence ?

What were the aims of India’s foreign relations ?

Which Article of the Indian Constitution lays down with foreign policy ?

What was Dr. Ambedkar's view on India’s foreign policy?

Why were Bharatiya Jana Sangh and the Swatantra Party in favour of a pro-US foreign policy ?

What is Panchsheel and by whom was it adopted ?

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