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Discuss the relevance of the normative ethos of the Non-Aligned Movement in magnifying India’s soft power in pursuit of her national interest.

  • UPSC 2023
  • 20 marks
  • Changing International Political Order

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Soft power, in Joseph S. Nye Jr.'s formulation (Bound to Lead, 1990; Soft Power, 2004), is the ability to get others to want what you want through attraction, drawn from a state's culture, political values and foreign policies seen as legitimate. The normative ethos of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), codified in Panchsheel (1954) and the…

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  • How the ethos built India's influence
  • Where the ethos still magnifies soft power
  • Limits of a normative asset
  • Conclusion
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