Dr. Namrata Goswami is Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. She was a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Washington, D.C. and a recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru Senior Fellowship, 2012-2103. The views expressed here are solely that of the author.
The underpinning philosophy guiding Indian foreign policy should be: India can shape world events to its advantage, and to the benefit of its population.