<P> India has been pressing for permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (as part of the G4 nations) but with a clause that it won't exercise its veto for the next 15 years . It has received backing from United States, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom . However, China's stand remains unclear . </P> <P> India has developed relationships with the world powers like the European Union, Japan, Russia, and the United States . It also developed relationships with the African Union (particularly South Africa), the Arab World, Southeast Asia, Israel and South American nations (particularly Brazil). In order to make the environment favourable for economic growth, India is investing on its relations with China . It has significantly boosted its image among Western nations and signed a civilian nuclear deal with the United States in March 2006 . It is also working for better relationships with Pakistan . </P> <P> Historically, India was one of the founding members of Non-Aligned Movement, and had good relationships with Soviet Union and other parts of western world . It played regional roles in South Asian affairs, e.g. its use of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in the Bangladesh Liberation War and in Sri Lanka . It took a leading initiative to improve relations between African and Asian countries . India is an active member of the Commonwealth and the WTO . The evolving economic integration politics in the West and in Asia is influencing the Indian mood to slowly swing in favour of integration with global economy . Currently, India's political moves are being influenced by economic imperatives . New Delhi is also being observed to slowly, cautiously, and often hesitantly, step into the uncharted role of becoming one of the two major seats of political power in Asia, the other being at Beijing . Some enlightened thinkers from the subcontinent have also envisioned, over the long run, of a South Asian version of free trade zone and even a Union, where the South Asian nations relinquish all past animosities and move to make economic growth a pan subcontinental phenomenon . </P> <P> A new and highly controversial geopolitical strategy, being debated in the West, is whether India should be trusted / helped to become an economically strong democratic citizen of the world and be used to balance the powerful but non-democratic forces, to insure a more stable world . Generally speaking it is discussed in the context of adopting a policy of offshore balancing on the part of the United States . A new American strategy towards India has been indicated in George W. Bush's recent visit to the subcontinent . </P>

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