National Security Strategy or strategic autonomy? Congress's foreign policy manifesto suffers from major contradictions

A party that believes it can shoulder the responsibilities of nation-building at an epochal moment in India's rise must be more clear-headed in approach and firm in conviction As the world's fastest-growing large economy, India is on the rise. It is poised to become the world's third-largest economy. As more and more Indians are pulled out of poverty, as the middle class expands, we are seeing a commensurate increase in India's aspirations, national composite power and interests. And in accord with India's growing aggregate power, the necessity to safeguard those interests and the need to project power is also on…