India, March 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has energetically pursued the full range of multilateral and bilateral diplomatic engagements since his impressive electoral success in May 2019. Some domestic, social, political and external commercial decisions - and the methods adopted in implementing them - though have partly pushed his foreign policy into defensive directions. In contrast, Modi was largely on the front foot in enlarging the scope and quality of India's external engagements during his first term. He had quickly displayed imagination and flair in his external interactions, while firmly rooting policy in the national interest....