Srinagar, Sept. 18 -- India's foreign policy combines tradition, pragmatism and vision. In a world that is increasingly marked by shifting alliances and growing tensions, India does not rigidly pursue alignment with any power formation, but instead pursues a policy of strategic independence. By continuing to cultivate key and diverse relationships with the United States, Russia, the European Union, and its regional partners in Asia, India is not only responding to global phenomena but creating them. Since gaining independence in 1947, the country has not entered into any formal alliances. The Non-Aligned Movement of Jawaharlal Nehru was not only a Cold War necessity; it was a statement conveying India's own way of doing diplomacy. It is t...