In February 2015, India’s ambassadors and other senior diplomats stationed around the globe assembled in New Delhi to hear Prime Minister Modi voice his conviction that they should all be committed to “diplomacy for development”.
In early 2016, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj released an attractive, colourful e-booklet titled “Diplomacy for Development”. It presented a scorecard for 2015, highlighting the three Ps—“path-breaking, proactive and pragmatic”—that encapsulate the development-centric diplomatic initiatives and outreach of the Modi government. The year 2015 was presented as “a milestone year” for “dovetailing diplomacy and development”.
Are we, consequently, witnessing a new genre of diplomacy?
Here is the full article on Swarajya.