Jawaharlal Nehru was one of the leading strategists of the Third World. He was a perfect democrat to the core. His agnosticism and opposition to all forms of organised religion paved the way for secularism. He disliked narrow nationalism and stood for freedom of intercourse with the rest of the world. Though firm supporter of non-violence yet, at times, he forswore violence for the attainment of social transformation. As head of the government, he fostered national unity but like other leaders of the Third World he had to face many problems - i.e. communalism, poverty, Indo-Pakistan estrangements, armed conflict with China, vacillation and lack of decision on Kashmir. There were some critics who felt that he was too preoccupied with the internal and external matters of Indian security and gave little importance to defence matters. But this is not true. His views on colonialism, imperialism, non-alignment, disarmament, world government suggested that all these aspects of foreign policy played an important role in shaping and formulating Indian security policy
