NonAlignment 2.0: A Foreign and Strategic Policy for India in the 21st Century
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NAM Movement and Non-alignment 2.0
2012-10-09 09:10:12 GKToday
"NonAlignment 2.0: A foreign and strategic policy for India in the 21st century" is a publication by Centre for Policy Research that was released in March
2012. This document identifies the basic principles and drivers that would make
India a leading player on the world stage while preserving its strategic autonomy and value system.
The document Nonalignment 2.0 was written over 14 months of deliberations by Sunil Khilnani, Rajiv Kumar, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Lt.
Gen. (retd.) Prakash Menon, Nandan Nilekani, Srinath Raghavan,
Shyam Saran and Siddharth Varadarajan. It also ha d some inpits
National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon and Deputy National
Security Advisers Alok Prasad and Latha Reddy.
This document is an idea to identify the basic principles that should guide India's foreign and strategic policy over next decade.
The core philosophy of the document is that - success of India's own internal development will depend decisively on how effectively we manage our global opportunities in order to maximize our choices—thereby enlarging our domestic options to the benefit of all Indians.
The report points out that in a situation where the world is no longer bifurcated between two dominant powers, nonalignment today will require managing complicated coalitions and opportunities in an environment that is not structurally settled.
Report deals with India's approach towards the 'Asian theatre,' the international order, hard-power, internal security, non-conventional security issues like energy and nuclear options, the knowledge and information foundations of power as well as the state and democracy.
The report has generated controversy too. The authors of the report have been accused of resurrecting the buried ghost of non-alignment, which allegedly served to limit rather than advance India's interests.
What is Non Alignment?
India
NAM Movement and Non-alignment 2.0
2012-10-09 09:10:12 GKToday
"NonAlignment 2.0: A foreign and strategic policy for India in the 21st century" is a publication by Centre for Policy Research that was released in March
2012. This document identifies the basic principles and drivers that would make
India a leading player on the world stage while preserving its strategic autonomy and value system.
The document Nonalignment 2.0 was written over 14 months of deliberations by Sunil Khilnani, Rajiv Kumar, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Lt.
Gen. (retd.) Prakash Menon, Nandan Nilekani, Srinath Raghavan,
Shyam Saran and Siddharth Varadarajan. It also ha d some inpits
National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon and Deputy National
Security Advisers Alok Prasad and Latha Reddy.
This document is an idea to identify the basic principles that should guide India's foreign and strategic policy over next decade.
The core philosophy of the document is that - success of India's own internal development will depend decisively on how effectively we manage our global opportunities in order to maximize our choices—thereby enlarging our domestic options to the benefit of all Indians.
The report points out that in a situation where the world is no longer bifurcated between two dominant powers, nonalignment today will require managing complicated coalitions and opportunities in an environment that is not structurally settled.
Report deals with India's approach towards the 'Asian theatre,' the international order, hard-power, internal security, non-conventional security issues like energy and nuclear options, the knowledge and information foundations of power as well as the state and democracy.
The report has generated controversy too. The authors of the report have been accused of resurrecting the buried ghost of non-alignment, which allegedly served to limit rather than advance India's interests.
What is Non Alignment?
India