THE INDIAN EXPRESS

APLN member C. Raja Mohan argues that the Left’s rejection of India’s strategic partnership with the US, the Congress critique of the government’s China policy, and the collective lack of attention to Russia suggest how much domestic political perceptions regarding India’s great power relations have changed over the last decade. The full article can be accessed here.

The Left and Congress critique of the BJP government’s foreign policy, uneven though it might be, challenges a widespread view that consensus and continuity mark the conduct of India’s international relations. Many scholars of Indian foreign policy argue that there is no structural change in India’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The election manifestos of Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) suggest otherwise.