Non-state actors in power in region: Menon

He said non-state actors are performing state functions in Indias neighbourhood, in an apparent reference to extremist groups operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan.60% of what I look at is not state dealing state. We see immediately in our neighbourhood, he said while chairing a session at the first National Conference on International Relations.So-called non-state actors, they perform state functions. They act for the State, Menon said, without naming any country.Speaking on the changing power situation in the world, Menon said besides technology non-traditional factors such as food and energy security were the catalyst for change.Menon said power was moving from larger states into the hands of small groups of people.There are structural shifts in nature of power... The nature of international relations is changing, he said.