Foreign Policy of India

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This book is written in easy to comprehend language with the motive to touch all pertinent issues relating to foreign policy/external affairs in general and India's foreign policy in particular. Here in our discussion revolve around- introduction; Understanding Foreign Policy: Concept, Definitions, Principles and Determinants; India a Nation- State; Foreign Policy of India: Historical Perspective; Dynamics of India's External Affairs; Foreign Policy after 2014; and Emerging Trends and Recent Developments. The text of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations is furnished in appendix.

Glossary of relevant terms and Bibliography are added features of book.

Garima Yadav Qualifications UGC Net, B.A, (hons). Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, M.A, Political Science, M.D.U. Campus, Rohtak.

B.Ed, M.D.U., Rohtak.

Designation: Assistant Professor (Contractual), R. D. S. Public Girls College, Rewari (Haryana).

Relations with others occupy important place in everybody's life.

Management of our home amidst the immediate neighbours and near or distant surroundings needs smart tactics and strategies. Like-wise a country needs skilful strategies to manage the relations with other countries. Foreign policy refers to the actions and decisions taken by a country or other actor in relation to its interactions with other countries and actors in the international system. It encompasses a wide range of issues, including economic relations, security and defence, political and cultural interactions, and environmental and humanitarian concerns.

Foreign policy is shaped by a variety of factors, including a country's national interests, values, and resources. It is often developed and implemented by the country's government, although other actors, such as civil society organizations, businesses, and individuals, may also play a role in shaping foreign policy. Similarly diplomacy is also most popular word in the context of foreign policy. And the purpose of diplomacy is to execute the foreign policy of the sending state in the host country, and to foster order and peace in an anarchic world. And functions of diplomacy are communication, negotiation, intelligence gathering, image management, and policy implementation.

No exaggeration, foreign policy is an important aspect of international relations, as it determines how a country or other actor engages with the rest of the world and how it seeks to achieve its goals and interests in the international system.

None can remain/live aloof in this world-all living beings, including human and perhaps non-living entities like a nation. Society is necessary for all. Like a solar system in the galaxy or planets in a solar system existence of world order is possible because of international policy. External relations or foreign policy acts like gravitational power. As is commonly understood, foreign policy is general objectives that guide the activities and relationships of one state in its interactions with other states. The development of foreign policy is influenced by domestic considerations, the policies or behaviour of other states, or plans to advance specific geopolitical designs. Leopold von Ranke emphasized the primacy of geography and external threats in shaping foreign policy, but later writers emphasized domestic factors. Diplomacy is the tool of foreign policy, and war, alliances, and international trade may all be manifestations of it.

It is worth-mentioning first that a nation-state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through multilateral platforms. The Encyclopedia Britannica notes that a government's foreign policy may be influenced by "domestic considerations, the policies or behaviour of other states, or plans to advance specific geopolitical designs."