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NAMDR.SHAILENDRA DEOLANKAR

DIRECTOR, GOVT.PRE-IAS TRAINING INSTITUTE AMRAVATI

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SOURCES 1.Can India Revive Nonalignment? Ashley J. TellisYaleGlobal, 28 August 20122. Ashley Tellis have described, in his

recent book, Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century

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HISTORICAL EVOLUTION NAM originated from the 1955 Asia-Africa Conference. Twenty-

nine states participated. Mostly former African and Asian colonies comprised them. They convened to discuss common concerns, development plans, and international relations.

Founded in the former Yugoslavia in 1961, NAM consists of 120 members, 17 observer countries and 10 observer organizations, representing nearly two-thirds of the United Nations' members, or about 55 percent of the world population .largest grouping of countries outside of the United Nations, NAM's membership is particularly concentrated in developing countries.

Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister and prominent advocate of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), delivered a well-known speech in 1956 explaining why developing countries should follow the non-alignment course.

"When we say our policy is one of non-alignment, obviously we mean non-alignment with military blocs," Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru explained in a December 1948 speech in Sri Lanka

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HISTORICAL EVOLUTION Observer ones include China, Russia, and

Brazil. 16th Summit,Tehran-representatives of

120 countires participated 17th NAM Summit 2015-Venezuala Two new members accepted-Azerbaijan

Republic and Fiji,

Issues addressed included major power pressures, maintaining independence, and opposing neocolonialism, especially "western domination,racialism,disarmamament

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CONTRIBUTION OF NAM Among other matters it played a key

role in promoting decolonisation. It promoted peaceful resolution of international disputes, it sought to place disarmament on the global agenda and it emphasised the need to reduce global economic disparities.Some American scholars, most notably Nina Tannenwald, have argued that it played a key role in promoting the taboo against the use of nuclear weapons

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IS NAM RELEVANT? NAM IS RELEVANT great challenges in the areas of peace and security,

economic development, social progress, as well as rule of law NAM second largest after UN and can play imp role in world

politics 21st century economic war, groups are fighting for economic

interests-threat to the economic intersts of underdeveloped countries

Bali summit indonisia-possibility of North south conflict on economic issues

NAM is transforming from political to economic organisationNAM has concentrated on enviromental issues- lusaka and algiars summits

Hegemonic and uni-polar trends Collective global governance to cut US Hegemony Middle Eastern Revolutions,can play role in Syria Palestine problem not resolved

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NEW CHALLENGES Conflict Resolution Complete Disarmament Just Global order New forms of racialism Environment protection, human rights. Global governance and collective

management of world Creation of just world order Promotion and protection of human

rights and human security

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IS NAM RELLEVANT?NAM IS IRRELEVANT "I've never quite understood what it is they would be nonaligned

against at this point," then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sighed just after the movement's 2006 summit, in Havana. "I mean, you know, the movement came out of the Cold War."  

NAM representing rogue states-Anthony Lake warned in Foreign Affairs that five "rogue states" still threatened world peace. His list was almost identical to Reagan's: Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Libya, and instead of Nicaragua, Iraq. All active, highly visible members in the Non-Aligned Movement, all states that undermine the global peace that movement was first meant to protect

Changes in FP-alliances that will guarantee our security Regionalism Globalization Market Economy American Unilateralism Most of the Arab nations have maintained diplomatic relations

with Isreal

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NAM:FOREIGN POLICY OPTION FOR INDIAIndia’s strategic challenges are grave and increasing. New Delhi

must recognize that the strategic solution to the country’s predicament

Arguments in favor nonalignment presents an attractive option for a rising India. It

promises freedom from entangling alliances as well as the chance to advance Indian exceptionalism against the Machiavellian imperatives of traditional international politics.

Most importantly, it holds out the prospect that India can chart its own path free from machinations of external actors, an understandable objective for a country scarred by its colonial past.

non-alignment is policy of independence with emphasis on "judging each issue on its merit" and disfavouring multi-lateral military alliances

NAM will faililitate smart choices for India.India can maximize national power through smart choices at home and abroad

Nonalignment 2.0, which offers the vision of “allying with none” as a grand strategy for India in the coming years.

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NAM:FOREIGN POLICY OPTION This policy doesn't reject the idea of

strategic alliances ( remember Indo- Soviet Treaty of 1971), it only wants to enter an alliance which it thinks is in its favour.

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NAM:FOREIGN POLICY OPTIONCounter Arguments reviving nonalignment as an overarching policy

is unrealistic to chart an entirely independent foreign policy NAM ability to settle international disputes

proved to be next to non-existent some of its founders, resorted to force

China is a rising geopolitical competitor whose potential threat to Indian security interests

Pakistan continues to pose dangers to India Can India muster the necessary resources to

cope with its strategic challenges independently?

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NAM:FOREIGN POLICY OPTION In the second decade of the 21st century,

India is moving increasingly beyond non-alignment to what Ashley Tellis have described, in his recent book, Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century, as "multi-alignment" - maintaining a series of relationships, in different configurations, some overlapping, some not, with a variety of countries for different purposes.

India has embarked on preferential strategic partnerships taking the form of high-quality trading ties, robust defense cooperation and strong diplomatic collaboration

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SUGGESTIONS NAM should also change just like G8 has

changed to G20 etc., They should ask countries like China and Brazil to

become part of NAM which weren't part of NAM. That will really strength NAM if they do

Strengthen organizational structure a more structured collective leadership meetings should be more regular there are Setting up of NAM Secretariat To create third world currency to counter

American dollar