Historically India had been a non-aligned country. It had been convenient for India. For instance, India managed to purchase weapons from major weapons suppliers while **distancing itself from American or Soviet proxy-wars**. In recent years, India decided to shed its non-aligned posture and decided to move toward the American pole. From 2002 to 2018, India signed GSOMIA, LEMOA, COMCASA. [BECA][1] is under process as of March-2020. So, as we can see even though moving to the American pole started in 2002, it was expedited during the present BJP rule. Why has India suddenly decided to change its non-aligned posture? [1]: https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/india-and-usa-begin-work-on-beca-draft-agreement/562012