What must be our foreign policy?

 

 Varied nations employ distinct strategies that intricately mold their foreign policies and bilateral relationships. How should india plan its foriegn policy? What is the most important factor that must be considered in planing it. What does india has to offer to the word? Let's see the thoughts of Swamiji..

"As you have pointed out to me, we have to conquer the world. That we have to! India must conquer the world, and nothing less than that is my ideal. It may be very big, it may astonish many of you, but it is so. We must conquer the world or die. There is no other alternative. The sign of life is expansion; we must go out, expand, show life, or degrade, fester, and die. There is no other alternative. Take either of these, either live or die. Now, we all know about the petty jealousies and quarrels that we have in our country. Take my word, it is the same everywhere. The other nations with their political lives have foreign policies. When they find too much quarrelling at home, they look for somebody abroad to quarrel with, and the quarrel at home stops. We have these quarrels without any foreign policy to stop them. This must be our eternal foreign policy, preaching the truths of our Shâstras to the nations of the world. I ask you who are politically minded, do you require any other proof that this will unite us as a race? This very assembly is a sufficient witness."

- Swami Vivekananda (Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda - Lecture given at Calcutta)