The Expanding Economic Dimension of India’s Foreign Policy: Strategic Trade and Investment Engagements in the Past Decade Over the past decade, India’s foreign policy has undergone a strategic recalibration in which economic diplomacy has emerged as a core pillar of its external engagement. Moving beyond the ideological contours of post-colonial diplomacy and the developmental inwardness … Continue reading Critically examine the expanding economic dimension of India’s foreign policy by analyzing its strategic trade and investment engagements over the past decade. Substantiate the argument that economic diplomacy has become a central pillar of India’s external relations by exploring initiatives such as the Act East Policy, India’s outreach to ASEAN, Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) with countries like the UAE and South Korea, its involvement in plurilateral forums like the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), and efforts to recalibrate trade ties post-RCEP withdrawal. Assess how India’s foreign trade policy increasingly reflects a shift towards securing global market access, energy security, supply chain resilience, and technology partnerships, thereby underlining the primacy of economic considerations in shaping India’s global posture.