This report analyses India's international role in development, trade and investment, security and democracy, and the environment. It assesses current thinking within India towards these global challenges and examines how policy is evolving.
- India aspires to play a
greater role on the global stage, while there is an increasing desire on
the part of other countries to engage more closely with it on a range
of global issues.
- India and the West frequently approach
international challenges in divergent ways, but in some areas there is
clear scope, and a shared desire, for better mutual coordination.
- Nevertheless
most Indian policy-makers still focus primarily on the urgent domestic
challenges their country faces rather than on its aspirations to a
greater global role. This situation is unlikely to change until India
resolves its domestic development challenges.
- The
Nehruvian notion of non-interference retains a considerable influence on
India's policy-making, affecting its approach to development as much as
it does to broader foreign policy issues.
- India's government is but one element of 'India'. The private sector plays a key role in development assistance; Indian NGOs and civil society are increasingly active at an international level.
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