Non-alignment is an old concept today, but India will never ever be a part of an alliance, according to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.
Discussing the repercussions of international shifts, consisting of the United States and the assertiveness of China, he stated they were opening areas for middle powers like India, Japan, the European Union and others.
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” Non-alignment was a term of a specific age and geopolitical landscape. One aspect was independence, which stays an aspect of connection for us,” Mr. Jaishankar said at a virtual conference arranged by CNBC-TV18 on the “Geopolitics of opportunity: as the world rebalances, how should India capitalise?”
” The consequence of repositioning of the United States, that the huge umbrella is now smaller than it utilized to be, has allowed many other nations to play more autonomous functions. It does not impact us as much since we were never ever part of an alliance system and we will never ever be. But nations who depended more on the U.S. are discovering they need to take a call themsel