Modi’s Foreign Policy Mantra: geoeconomics, regional hegemony, global aspirations

Within just six months in power in November 2014, Narendra Modi managed to induce a dramatic overhaul of India's foreign policy and global profile. His foreign policy mantra is threefold: geostrategic consolidation in South Asia, attracting foreign direct investment, and aspiring to become a global power. Under Modi, India’s foreign policy calculus is changing: Japan, China, Russia and Australia are becoming more important while the US and European countries are losing ground.