Even when India was weaker than what it is now, it had decided to not align with any power, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at an event. He made a strong case for strategic autonomy and called it the need of the hour, when the entire global order has been thrown into chaos. Advertisement

“I mean when we were much weaker, we didn’t do it. There is today no case to do it,” he said, referring to aligning with a power centre. He was attending the Aravali Summit hosted by Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of International Studies on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.

“Imagine if you were not today adopting strategic autonomy, please tell me which country in the world would you like to join and put your future in their hands. I can’t think of anybody. If you can, I would lik

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