For the global good: Indias developing international role

In recent years Western countries have encouraged India to play a more active global role, as have other emerging powers. India has attempted to do so in many areas, and it has sought to be recognized as a global actor, not least by campaigning for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. This report examines India's evolving approach to its global role in four broad areas: development, trade and investment, security and democracy, and
the environment. It assesses current thinking within India towards these global challenges and examines how policy is evolving. India and the West frequently approach these challenges in divergent ways, but in some areas there is clear scope, and a shared desire, for better mutual coordination. Nevertheless most Indian policy-makers still focus primarily on the urgent domestic challenges their country faces rather than on its aspirations to a greater global role.

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