Opinion: A Hostile Neighbourhood Will Be India’s Biggest Challenge In 2025. Is Delhi Up For It?

In the coming year, India needs to make its neighbourhood the primary focus of its foreign and security policy.

Source : PTI and X

The year 2024 should serve as a forewarning for India when it comes to the immediate neighbourhood and beyond. The real test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy is likely to play out in 2025, after a year of tumult triggered by the so-called “second liberation movement” in Bangladesh. The campaign across the border saw bilateral ties take a major hit as ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina — who has been charged in