Professing and practicing non-alignment has been the hallmark of India's foreign policy since independence in 1947. The initiative for Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)--the biggest independent and informal association of countries on a sui generis basis-came from three nations, viz. India, Yugoslavia and Egypt, represented by the three statesmen Jawaharlal Nehru. Joseph Tito and Gamal Abdel Nasser respectively. From its modest beginnings at the Belgrade Conference ...
