HYDERABAD: India’s foreign policy continued to be the pièce de résistance for former minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor, who was in the city on Thursday.Speaking at the College of Defence Management, on ‘India’s emergence as a major player in the international arena,’ the former UN official and MP from Thiruvananthapuram touched upon critical global issues facing the country, emphasizing foreign policies are not confined to an insulated external sphere but have deep reaching impact on a country’s domestic milieu.“The younger generation today is more likely to meet people who eat, dress and behave differently and are more open to travel abroad. They are also more susceptible to threats beyond the border, trafficking, international criminal syndicates and even pandemics such as swine-flu,” he said.Commenting on the need for a multi-polar global dominance where powers such as India and China are at the centre of decision making instead of being peripheral participants, Tharoor stressed the need to restructure global organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and United Nations Security Council.To overcome the challenges of protectionism and close-market policies being implemented in the wake of unstable economic climate, he stressed the need for “pulling out people from poverty and into the global market of 21st century through foreign policy measures which lead to cooperation and serves to quench the growing energy, food and water demands.”
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