The Anatomy of India’s Foreign Policy in a Brave New World

 Dr. Monish Tourangbam* 

Article Courtesy: Imphal Reviews 

A rapidly changing world, and the rise of the non-western countries in general, has often questioned the relevance of groupings like the G-7, that includes the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, France, Italy, and Germany. Since the global financial crisis in 2008, more inclusive and diverse groupings like the G20 have found more footing, particularly as the right forum for discussing matters of global governance. However, the G-7 summit meeting, continues to garner limelight at least in how these seven countries, try to inject contemporary realities into its agenda. For instance, the latest summit meeting of the G7 countries held at the German Alpine resort of Schloss Elmau, included as special invitees, countries like India, Argentina, Indonesia, Senegal, and South Africa.

The changing geopolitics and geoeconomics of the world have pushed the G7, to look out of its box, into an increasingly recognisable new grammar of politics and economics, that blurs the line between the global North and South. The rising spectre of China and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have unravelled the growing interdependence between military and non-military dimensions of international affairs. The strategic repercussions of the rise in China’s comprehensive national power across the Indo-Pacific has impacted not only the security dynamics, but also the developments on climate change mitigation, infrastructure financing, global economic recovery, and health security. Research and innovation in new technologies cutting across the civil-military divide is disrupting the way nation states respond in both competitive and cooperative mode.

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