Karthik Nachiappan, who researches Indian foreign policy at the National University of Singapore, noted that the country has a growing influence in the Global South, which is mainly made up of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
"Non-alignment has been a primary strategy that has covered Indian foreign policy through the decades," Nachiappan told CNBC.
However, India's policy of non-alignment has incrementally transformed into a policy of multi-alignment over the years, Nachiappan added.
Don McLain Gill, a geopolitical analyst at De La Salle University, says India has an independent approach to its foreign policy.
But as the world becomes more polarized, India's foreign policy decisions will test the country's superpower ambitions.
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