346: ‘Neighbourhood First’: Modi’s Foreign Policy Mantra
Rajeev Ranjan, Research Associate, ISAS
3 October 2014
India’s former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee
used to say, “Friends can change but not
neighbours who have to live together”. A country’s
neighbourhood must enjoy unquestioned
primacy in its foreign-policy making. This is disti
nctly evident in India’s new Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s foreign policy mantra – “neighbourh
ood first”.