During the past 61 years, India’s foreign policy has matured from a single leader’s paranoia to a virtual national consensus. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru set the pattern for the formation of Indian foreign policy, a strong personal role for the prime minister but a weak institutional structure. Nehru served concurrently as prime minister and minister of [...]
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