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And the new Indian govt too were quick to realize the immense geo-strategic importance of Bangladesh in India's security paradigm and therefore Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj chose Dhaka for her first stand-alone foreign visit on 26–27 June 2014, where she met her counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood and also called on Sheikh Hasina.
In the post-Cold War era, a significant aspect of India's foreign policy is the Look East Policy. During the cold war, India's relations with its Southeast Asian neighbours were not strong. After the end of the cold war, the government of India particularly realised the importance of redressing this imbalance in India's foreign policy.
The Ministry of External Affairs, headed by External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, is responsible for executing the foreign policy of India.Modi's foreign policy is focused on improving relations with neighboring countries in South Asia, [3] engaging the extended neighbourhood of Southeast Asia and the major global powers.
India, China, and the Southeast Asian countries. The Act East policy [1] is an effort by the Government of India to cultivate extensive economic and strategic relations with the nations of Southeast Asia to bolster its standing as a regional power and a counterweight to the strategic influence of the People's Republic of China.
It was the 74th amendment to the Constitution of India in 1992 that brought constitutional validity to municipal or local governments. Until amendments were made in respective state municipal legislations as well, municipal authorities were organised on an ultra vires (beyond the authority) basis and the state governments were free to extend or control the functional sphere through executive ...
Time and again Modi emphasized his belief in the 21st century being the Asian century and also asked whether it would be the Indian Century.China, Japan, India and South Korea being the first, second, third and fourth largest Asian economy respectively are among the most likely candidate to lead the strategically important Asia in the later part of this century.
Prior to Independence and India becoming a republic, Jawaharlal Nehru contemplated the path the country would take in world affairs. [14] In 1946, Nehru, as a part of the cabinet of the Interim Government of India, said during a radio broadcast; "we propose, as far as possible, to keep away from the power politics of groups, aligned against one another, which have led in the past to world wars ...
Forward policy was a term coined by the Indian Army to refer to the Indian government directive of establishing "forward" posts (advance posts) [1] to reclaim disputed territory occupied by China. The Dhola Post in particular became a trigger leading up to the 1962 Sino-Indian War .