User:Tesseractionable/Anti-Western sentiment

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Although opinion polls suggest positive views towards Western countries, anti-Western sentiments were common at one point in Colonial India during the Indian independence movement.

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William Jennings Bryan, in 1905, condemned British rule over India for impoverishing India for the benefit of the British Empire, claiming it was "by legalized pillage."( 3637592) Mahatma Gandhi published Hind Swaraj as a critique of British rule.(42704945) "In 1927 [Jawaharlal Nehru] stated, '[The] great problem of the near future will be American imperialism, even more than British imperialism.'"(42704945) The 1930 Declaration of Purna Swaraj criticized British rule, claiming "[t]he British government in India has not only deprived the Indian people of their freedom but has based itself on the exploitation of the masses, and has ruined India economically, politically, culturally, and spiritually. We believe, therefore, that India must sever the British connection and attain Purna Swaraj or complete independence."(https://www.constitutionofindia.net/historical_constitutions/declaration_of_purna_swaraj__indian_national_congress__1930__26th%20January%201930)

[post independence 1950s]

In the 1950s "India took sides with other "third world" countries against the real and perceived imperialist machinations of the west, and eschewed multilateral arrangements promoted by western powers."(42704945)

[1970s]

"On the international stage, Delhi veered away from non-alignment towards alliance with the Soviet Union, marked by the Indo-Soviet treaty of 1971"(42704945)

[1990s]

" The year 1991 brought significant change for India[…] India's foreign policy became more economically oriented, as India shed its non-aligned and anti-western ideologies to adopt a more pragmatic international stance."(42704945)

[2010s]

"The United States has made a “strategic bet” on India. This bet—“that India’s greater role on the world stage will enhance peace and security”—was a central pillar of the Obama administration’s rebalance to Asia, and it remains a central pillar of the Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy. For nearly two decades, Washington has embraced the strategic logic that it should facilitate the rise of India as a great power because a stronger India is indispensable in counter-balancing Chinese power and ambitions. In this policy of strategic altruism, Washington should not be overly concerned with specific Indian preferences, strategies, or capabilities—the general growth in Indian power would help to uphold a favorable regional balance of power."(resrep20456)