India’s non-alignment option in the Cold War scenario

Wu, F

Abstract

Following the independence, India found itself in a challenging global setting characteristic of the bi-polar confrontation and this, coupled with its stressed economic situation, made Indian policy-makers to adopt an approach of non-alignment, taking side with neither party of the cold war standoff and seeking maximum interests of its own by properly making advantage of the contradictions and disagreements between the United States and the Soviet Union. Later, the conclusion of the Indo-USSR treaty in the early 1970s met India’s needs for confronting China and Pakistan and achieving the regional hegemony, which actually went against the principles of non-alignment.

Citation

Wu, F. (2004). India’s non-alignment option in the Cold War scenario. Nanya yanjiu jikan, 119(1), 56-62

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2004
• Deposit Date: Sep 18, 2020
• Journal: South Asian Studies Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 1004-1508
• Volume: 119
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 56-62
• Additional Information: Access Information : This article is published in Chinese.