Posted on 05/04/2023 4:21:43 AM PDT by FarCenter
Modi government’s ‘de-ideologized’ foreign policy irks US while seeking larger strategic and security role in a new multipolar order.
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Most relationships undergo a transition with the passage of time from appreciation of each other to a “state of having,” a desire to possess or even control the other. But the present pivotal moment in the Russian-Indian relationship shows that an equal relationship does not fall into that trap.
Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar drew attention to this salience while addressing a Russian-Indian business forum last week in Delhi, when he called the relationship among the “steadiest” in global relations, and pointed out that the partnership is drawing so much attention not because it has changed but because it has not.
The “liberal internationalist” camp in the Indian media and think tank circuit and ill-informed sections of opinion who launched an assault on the Indian stance on the Ukraine crisis are lately grasping the raison d’être of the government’s handling of the fraught situation that carried risks of a potential confrontation between the West and Russia.
All signs are that Washington, from where Indian lobbyists usually draw encouragement, too has decided to reconcile itself to the Modi government’s unambiguous message to the West that India will pursue a relationship with Russia in its self-interest and will go in whichever directions its interests lie.
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To be sure, Indian expectations are riding high on development and Delhi will not be content with a mere subaltern role in the United States’ global strategy. The US and its allies see India as a “balancer” in the Indo-Pacific region, but quite obviously, New Delhi has bigger plans.
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Don’t believe for a moment that the Straussian neocons won’t continue every effort to make India a BIG BRICK in the pro-Western wall they are trying to build around the Eurasian heartland.
The new multipolar world order - the world is changing forever. I welcome all articles on this topic.
I wonder if the US has figured India bought crude oil is being refined & sold to the US yet?
India is the Arlen Specter of countries. Remember him?
Illegal coups and proxy wars being used to enrich our elite have consequences for the economy and Main Street Americans.
Sure do from “Never Give In” & “Passion for Truth” to “Life Among the Cannibals”. Thought little of him then to nuttin’ of him today!
India is not anti-America at all, except for the few die-hard commies.
However, India is also a Conservative Hindu majority country plagued by Mslim terrorism and will therefore repel all liberal ideas of submitting to them. in the end, India is just being Pro-India.
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