India Policy Towards US During Nehru Reign

Nehru took office when the United States and the Soviet Union were in a fierce arm race in the cold war after World War II. Being a power in the Southern Asia, India became the important target to be energetically assessed for both countries. As the first Indian Premier, Nehru advocates the policy of independent non-alliance, i.e. non-alliance with any power country or any group of big countries, maintaining neutral and promoting peace.With the rapid change of the international situation, out of the consideration of the national security and national interests, India is inevitable to adjust its foreign policy, dissociating between the United States and the Soviet Union. On one hand, India scolds colonism and capitalism, On the other hand, it seeks assistance from the two power, On one hand, India advocates the non-alliance policy and the aim of peace, On the other hand, it carries out hegemonism and embarks the Sino-India war under the inspiration of the United States.The Nehru government carries out the non-alliance policy in the light of the practical principle, achieves much at the early stage of the Indian independence, makes important time preparation for the recovery and development of the national economy, gains a large amount of aids from the United States and the Soviet Union. The non-alliance policy is emulated by many third-world counties, and greatly promoted the international status of India.Taking the most influential Indio-US relation as the clue, from the perspective of the Indio-US relation in different phases of Nehru government, the thesis gives a brief analysis of India's foreign policy towards the United States and the reasons of the implement and adjustment of its non-alliance policy, taking the compacts of the peripheral countries like Pakistan, China, Soviet Union. Further, the thesis tries to elaborate some digestions on the diplomacy in the analysis.