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A guide to recurring themes in Indian foreign policy. For each theme, this page keeps apart what is official policy, where the minister has spoken on it, and what others have written.
Frameworks stated in official Government of India documents.
Official texts of statements Dr. Jaishankar gave in a forum on that theme. Linked, not paraphrased.
Independent commentary. This publication does not summarise or endorse it. See the note below.
The Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative was announced at the East Asia Summit in Bangkok on 4 November 2019. It has seven pillars, from maritime security to trade connectivity and maritime transport.
“Neighbourhood First” is the framework the Government uses in its replies to Parliament.
Partnership names are set in bilateral documents. The Ministry's brief on France, for example, says the 1998 partnership “embodied the core vision of both countries to enhance their respective strategic autonomy”.
The Ministry answers questions in Parliament on India's position on the UN Security Council.
According to the MEA’s ASEAN brief, India’s engagement with ASEAN has been driven by the Act East Policy, the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative and “enhancing physical and digital connectivity”. The MEA’s India–US brief records that leaders co-hosted a meeting on economic corridors, including the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor, at the 2023 G20 Summit.
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The India–US Initiative for Critical and Emerging Technology was launched on 31 January 2023. “Critical and emerging technologies” is one of the Quad's four pillars.
“Economic prosperity and security” is a Quad pillar. The June 2026 India–France outcomes include setting up a dialogue on economic security.
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India convened three Voice of Global South Summits between 2023 and 2024. Its ITEC capacity-building programme dates from 1964.
Through more than 200 missions abroad, the Ministry provides services to Indian citizens overseas. It has functional divisions for consular and diaspora matters.
No text in this archive is catalogued under this theme yet.
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Universities, research institutions and the press publish a wide range of analysis of Indian foreign policy, including views critical of it and views supportive of it. This publication does not summarise that analysis, because a summary would mean choosing which views to include. Readers are encouraged to consult original analyses directly and to note who wrote each one.
Where a third-party publication is referenced elsewhere on this site, its publisher is named.