2009 in the Indian Diplomacy: Watershed or overhyped? (the expanded version of this comment is on the IPCS website as a Issue Brief ) It is a glass containing 50 percent water of its actual capacity. It is going to depend on one’s perspective whether one sees a glass half full or half empty. The larger trend about India’s diplomacy in the 2009 is the story of the perspectives as divergent as about the glass! The 26/11 dossier, elections, Sharm al Sheikh, State visit to United States, Copenhagen and twittering are some of the keywords of the diplomacy from the year gone by. In 2009, India’s diplomacy and foreign policy was a mix bag with equal mix of the positives and the negatives. The year 2009 began in the backdrop of 26/11. The Indian Prime Minister chose not to go to war with Pakistan over that issue. History will judge his wisdom on this decision but as of now he seems to have taken right steps vis-à-vis the terrorism emerging from Pakistan. The year began with the handing over
perspectives, imaginations, dreams and ideas