Tharoor calls for redefining ties in networked world

Ansari said Tharoors idea of multi-alignment and formulations by others like Nonalignment 2.0 need to be debated seriously to avoid strategic confusion as both seek to depict a menu of options in a new,very complex,world.

Tharoor said in todays networked world,India should,without abandoning any of our cherished principles like non-alignment,move towards multi-alignment where we would essentially have a series of networked relationships with countries,often some of the same countries with different configurations and often overlapping for different purposes and in different formulae.

Tharoors other suggestion for induction of young professionals for mid-career employment in the foreign service evoked much debate. So did the title of the book. Noting that Pax has an established connotation in history and strategic literature and Tharoor has sought to impart a new meaning to it,Ansari recalled Ezra Vogels book,Pax Nipponica.