India’s vision of a new world order

• Intro: Ikenberry’s definition of world order.

• context:
• the world order has always been in a state of flux.
• from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana to now moving towards a Pax Sinica world order
• As per polarity of power thesis, world order has changed from bipolarity of cold war to uni-polarity and the current phase of multi-polarity
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  Acc to Fareed Zakaria, the world order is witnessing “decline of the west and rise of the rest.”
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  Shivshankar Menon says the current world order is militarily uni-polar, economically multi-polar and politically confused.
• In this changing world order , India has a vision to get its rightful place in the comity of nations.

• India’s vision of a new world order:
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  Thiruvalluvar- wisdom is to live in tune with the mode of the changing world.
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  Shyam Saran in his book “How India sees the world”mentions India views itself as a part of Jambudeweep ( world island), which shows it believes in multi-polar world.
• India seeks an open architecture of international relations based on multi-polarity not only in the world, but in Asia too, where no single country is able to impose its will through domination or through military force
• India believes in pluralism, coexistence,openness and dialogue.
• He further says unlike china, India does not believe in “middle kingdom complex” as Indian culture does not accord centrality to the concept of Bharatvarsha
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  the ideals of democracy that define us as a nation also shape the way we engage with the world-PM Modi at Shangri la
• India’s vision of the world order is based on Indian philosophy of upholding dharma to ensure welfare of humanity, deeply rooted in universalism and humanism.
• India's vision of a world order is one which is democratic and rules based, in which all nations thrive as equals, nations secure from terrorism and cyber space free of disruption and conflict, open economy and transparent engagement and a prosperous and a sustainable future of our planet.
• Vasudhev Kutumbakam : the world is one family.
• making IMF,UNSC more democratic.
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  S Jaishankar at the Ram Nath Goenka lecture -
• an approach that takes risks as well as hedges, injects greater realism in policy ,reads the global tea leaves right it and is willing to look beyond dogma and enter the real world of convergences. India cannot be dogmatic in approaching a visibly changing global order.
• India wants to be a decider and shaper rather than an abstainer. 
• Says India is coming out of its “Dogmas of Delhi.”
• In his book The India way-
• India’s vision of sabka sath... should articulate a fundamental desire to engage the world more comprehensively
• Indian grand strategy in an uncertain world requires “advancing [its] national interests by identifying and exploiting opportunities created by global contradictions” so as “to extract as much gains from as many ties as possible
• On multi-polar word - the principle of multi-polarity is seeking flexibility without seeking exclusivity.
• new order should be free, open, and inclusive, with strong values and principles that respect law, dialogues, rules, customs, and norms
• Shashi in his book new world disorder writes: unlike USA which is a geopolitical superpower and china which is a Geo economic superpower, India can become a development superpower
• In New Delhi’s view, if architecture of the world order is changing, India must be one of the founding pillars of that new architecture.
• An aspirational India in the third decade of the 21st century will no longer be satisfied with sitting on the margins; it is eager to play in the big league

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  Conclusion: Shashi in his book new world disorder says India's role as a non hegemonic power gives it a unique identity and only India has the credentials and capability to script an equitable ethic for a new world order.