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Background
Overview
NAM's historical role in shaping post-colonial international relations, its relevance in a multipolar world, and its stance on global issues like disarmament, climate change, and economic development are crucial for understanding India's foreign policy and international affairs.
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 developing world states that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. It emerged during the Cold War as an effort by newly independent nations to avoid taking sides in the ideological confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, advocating for self-determination, national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security of non-aligned countries.