Tag: Arthashastra

India @ 100 – A Vision for India’s Foreign Policy
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India @ 100 – A Vision for India’s Foreign Policy

As India marches towards 100 years of our Independence, there is a compelling need for India to recognize and reinvigorate its civilizational values and heritageGrowing strategic gaps in the Indian subcontinent and dynamic changes in the Asian and Global Geopolitics compel India to address the concerns of strategic ambiguityIndia has become the hope of human civilization in being the torchbearer of the global values that include liberal order, democracy and individual freedoms India is celebrating the 75th Year of its Independence. There is a mood of celebration and joy across the country to mark this special year. Politically and economically the country has made significant progress since its Independence, but yet, when it comes to the formation of institutional frameworks, India...
Chanakya’s Six-fold policy and its relevance for diplomacy in the emerging world
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Chanakya’s Six-fold policy and its relevance for diplomacy in the emerging world

Chanakya’s Six-fold policy deals with war and peace with the neighbouring states and how a king should assess his power and what actions he needs to take to deal with the states.A wise king will scrutinize as to which of the policies he can adopt to take his kingdom toward progress.Relating this to the current era where war is the least priority, countries have used the alliance ploys to a greater effectCausing unrest among the civilian population, dividing people on religion, caste etc., leading to the economic failure of the country are ploys used to weaken a countryApplying Chanakya’s policies to emerging world scenarios can open up many more strategies to protect ourselves from foreign intervention The Arthashastra, meaning a treatise (Shastra) on the anything that he...