In the world we find ourselves in, the international system increasingly demands certainty. Not clarity of purpose, but clarity of alignment. States are expected to signal loyalty loudly and often.

South Africa’s foreign policy configuration since the twilight of apartheid has been characterised by an evolving commitment to “active non-alignment” and an increasingly strategic engagement within ...

Vietnam’s goal since the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements on Cambodia has thus been to avoid the polarization that had plagued Indochina between 1977 and 1991, and led directly to its dual-front war with ...

Excerpted with permission from the publisher The Nehru Years: An International History of Indian Non-Alignment, Swapna Kona ...