Abstract:

India's strategic plan, which seeks to create a multipolar world with New Delhi as one of the autonomous decision-making poles, evolved in the aftermath of the Cold War. Consequently, India sought to break away from the Pakistan-centric posture and to play a greater role both regionally and globally, albeit based on its newly demonstrated nuclear weapon capability, rather than the traditional Nehruvian policy of non-alignment. After 11 September 2001, the preoccupation of the US and its allies with global terrorism and their partnership with Pakistan limited India's regional autonomy of action and might delay the emergence of mulipolarity. However, India has got greater support for its own on-going war against terrorism and has also enlarged its engagement with the US and its allies. Ironically, it has not been able to break out of the hyphenated relationship with Pakistan.


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