India: An Outsider No More
India: An Outsider No More
For decades, India happily assumed the role of chief rock-thrower at the worlds political establishment. Freeing itself from colonial rule at the dawn of the cold war, India sought to find its own way to prosperity, separate from the influence and imperialism of the worlds great powers. So in 1955 it formed the Non-Aligned Movement with like-minded developing nations.
As the 14th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) begins Friday in Havana, however, India finds itself becoming increasingly entwined with the powers it once shunned, particularly the United States. As a result, India is having to straddle the divide between its historical role as an outside agitator and its future as one of the worlds emerging power brokers.
For India, it is a realization of its growing maturity as a nation. Its about how we move from being a protester of the world order to one who takes responsibility for the management of it, says C. Raja Mohan, a member of Indias National Security Advisory Board, a panel of civilian foreign policy experts.
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