Strategic Autonomy Through Nonalignment

Nonalignment was born in the heydays of Cold War that started following the end of World War II. Superpower rivalry between the United States and the then Soviet Union erupted with the competition to expand their influence in their periphery and beyond. The possession of atomic weapons first by the US in 1945 and followed by the Soviet Union in 1949 added fuel to their strategic competition as both gained more destructive power to dominate others.