Tag: political science

The Non-Aligned Movement owes a lot to the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. In fact, India was the first country to initiate the policy of non-alignment, under the leadership of Nehru.

The main objective of the NAM at the beginning was to keep away the newly independent countries of Asia and Africa from the super power rivalry and to protect and preserve their newly acquired independence. The other important objectives of the NAM are the following:

• To eliminate all those causes which could lead to war.
• To protect the nascent freedom of the new-born independent countries of Asia and Africa from colonial domination.
• To oppose colonialism imperialism and radial discrimination.
• To advocate sovereign equality of all states.

The main objective of the NAM at the beginning was to keep away the newly independent countries of Asia and Africa from the super power rivalry and to protect and preserve their newly acquired independence. The other important objectives of the NAM are the following:

• To eliminate all those causes which could lead to war.
• To protect the nascent freedom of the new-born independent countries of Asia and Africa from colonial domination.
• To oppose colonialism imperialism and radial discrimination.
• To advocate sovereign equality of all states.
• To encourage friendly relations among countries.
  

• NAM has helped in easing of tension between the two power blocs and ultimately in bringing about the end of Cold War.
• NAM acted against the arms race of the superpowers during the Cold War years.
• NAM has supported the cause of International peace, justice, and freedom.

• NAM has helped in easing of tension between the two power blocs and ultimately in bringing about the end of Cold War.
• NAM acted against the arm race of the superpowers during the Cold War years.

NAM has virtually lost its political relevance, it continues to be an effective forum for seeking economic justice. It could not do anything when two of its own member states, i.e., Iran and Iraq were engaged in a prolonged conflict. Similarly, it could not do much when Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979 or Iraq was invaded by the US-led coalition forces in 2003.

Jawaharlal Nehru was against the philosophy advocated by the two power blocs. He had rejected the communist state as monolithic and described Marxism as an outdated theory. He did not favour capitalism either and was influenced by socialism.

NAM has helped in easing of tension between the two power blocs and ultimately in bringing about the end of Cold War, NAM acted against the arm race of the superpowers during the Cold War years.