Abstract
India, an older country and a younger state, is at a pivotal point in its interaction with the rest of the globe at the age of 75. Beyond all recognition, the world has altered since India attained independence in 1947. The brief uni-polar era of American hegemony after the bipolar world of the US and the USSR, to a world where, misled by multi-polar illusions, China and the US are moving toward another bipolar conflict. In the volatile world of today, India must define its unique foreign policy character and shape the parameters of its engagement to strike a balance between national interests and moral ideals. India's fundamental security and development aspirations are inextricably entwined with its foreign policy. India had actually earned its long-sought freedom from foreign dominion. India's emphasis on the independence of foreign policy is therefore only reasonable.
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