Thread: Israel-Palestine, India's 'De-Hyphenation' Stance

Switching sides or allowing Realpolitik to Dictate Policy?

A definition might be helpful.



De-hyphenation

In international politics, de-hyphenation means dealing with two countries, having adversarial relationship between them, in an independent manner. This would mean building relationship with one, ignoring the complexities of its relations with the other.



India's de-hyphenation policy

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, he instituted a policy toward Israel called de-hyphenation.

What that meant was simple: India’s relationship with Israel would stand on its own merits, independent and separate from India’s relationship with the Palestinians. It would no longer be India’s relationship with Israel-Palestine, but India’s relationship with Israel, and India’s relationship with the Palestinians.







Sources:
Navneet Kumar asked: What does the term ‘de-hyphenation’ mean in the foreign policy context? | Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
What is India'''s de-hyphenation policy toward Israel and why does it matter? - The Jerusalem Post

^ You are so clever. Thank you.

Originally Posted by Neverna

A definition might be helpful.

It is helpful to me. I never really thought about what it meant.

India has always declared itself a 'non-aligned nation'. Fair enough too. Why allow ourselves to be browbeaten into taking sides in ideological struggles that are mainly just hangovers from the previous century? Why be a Crip or a Blood- just be neither.