Phase IFoundation
Background
Overview
This concept is fundamental to understanding India's approach to international relations, its non-alignment 2.0 strategy, and its engagement with various global powers and regional groupings. It significantly impacts India's economic and security policy choices in a volatile world.
Strategic autonomy is a core tenet of India's foreign policy, enabling it to pursue independent decision-making based on national interests, free from external pressures. Diversification, a key aspect of this autonomy, involves broadening partnerships across various domains (economic, defence, energy, technology) to reduce over-reliance on any single country or bloc, especially in a transitioning global order.