Indian Army Para Special forces ( Source- Wikimedia Commons) Source- The Diplomat Author- Akhilesh Pillalamarri It has been said that to be treated like a king, one ought to act like a king. For a country to be treated like a great power, it must act like a great power, and that requires a bit of throwing your weight around—though any wise statesman should know the limitations of their nations’ capacities and not get carried away by hubris. Interventionism for the sake of interventionism—policing the world, exporting governmental ideologies, and building nations halfway around the world—is idealism at its worst. But realism at its best is when great powers take necessary actions to bolster their interests in relevant areas, especially in their own neighborhoods. It is natural for great powers to have their own variations of the “Monroe Doctrine,” whether (or however) articulated or not, and this is nothing to be ashamed about. Although John Kerry claimed that the Monr