In traditional sense, which means in the days gone by, the foreign policies of the countries where retracted to territorial security war and peace. This, in a way, was almost unidinmensional. As the needs and requirements changed with the time the multidimensional foreign policy emerged. Thus, foreign policy’s surge from limited scope to unbounded scope is a realistic thing in the historical perspective and thus course of foreign policy continued to exist on the perennial basis. The constantly waxing civilization and its gallop from, as said above, to the current phase based on time needs requirements and the national interest the foreign policy agent variegated shapes and dimensions. However, the foreign policy can never be statistic but subject to constant changes in the global environment widened its base inhering the requisite national interest amidst challenges. It is in this context Indian’s foreign policy in the 21st century will have multifaceted challenges. The most potential challenges ahead in the way of India’s foreign policy in (21st century) are numerous. To mention few, the ethnic conflicts refugee problem, the challenges associated with strategic, defense, trade, software, hardware segment, nationalism, territorial integrity, population growth, territorial waters including the rivers flown across India, china and Pakistan, unstable pak political dispensation, the resurgence of fundamentalism, belligerent expansive policy of china, cino-pak entanglement, food security, resource crunch, climate change, environmental degradation, cross border terrorism, inter and intra communal heartedness leading to international conflicts and so and so forth. These are the demonic challenges that India could grapple with in the 21st century. India therefore has to move meticulously with clear cut perception of its foreign policy and also has to display it’s sagacity with deeipherence and discernment of the global situation. This paper would throw light on these issues through discussion and analysis in detail in the perspective of 21st century India’s foreign policy.

Keywords: India’s Foreign Policy; Territorial Security; International Conflicts.