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Let me clarify my position on India after a chaotic two days. I’ve routinely stated on the record that Modi’s foreign policy, based strictly on interests, has been quite successful—it’s now an “emerging great power.” But I still lament its utter unwillingness to support values. For example, I’ve discussed India’s “emerging great power” status here (https://t.co/aNnYAgfWF8); I’ve also advocated for India to serve as a diplomatic bridge between Russia and the West over Ukraine, via Observer Research Foundation (https://t.co/sULd7hoObN); And I’ve recently discussed the extreme fragility of the US-India partnership, which should worry everybody except Russia and China (https://t.co/fAl0QB7u6m); Lastly, yesterday I included India in an analysis on Russia’s approach to the Indo-Pacific more broadly. The problem from my vantage point is New Delhi is all too willing to accommodate, even when the policy deliverables simply aren’t there. (https://t.co/ftufXNOOaf)

https://lnkd.in/gj4qZQzM How is India balancing its relationships with major powers like the United States, China, and Russia? By Hugo Keji India’s foreign policy is characterized by a strategic approach often described as "multi-alignment," where it seeks to maintain balanced relationships with major global powers, including the United States, China, and Russia. Here’s how India is managing these complex relationships: 1. India and the United States: Strategic Partnership: India’s relationship with the United...

There is perhaps no other region in the world with which India enjoys such close strategic convergence as the West Asian region. If Modi 1.0 was ‘Think West’, Modi 2.0 was definitely ‘Act West’. India and the West Asia have definitely come a long way in revitalizing a rather stagnant relationship, in the past few years. My brief review of Modi 2.0, published in Diplomat https://lnkd.in/gie4xwPA

Great article about India 🇮🇳 / China 🇨🇳 maritime competition: https://lnkd.in/gSWmCk4a China is attempting to push the US out of East Asia, destroy democracy in Taiwan, then assimilate it, and smash the resistance of the Philippines. Then they will attempt to do the same in the Indian Ocean. Fortunately, India will be much more difficult to bully than states in Wast Asia. The US should be doing everything possible to aid India in its resistance to China.

https://lnkd.in/gTi4wyDA As the new Government takes charge, there are multiple challenges which have to be navigated carefully in furthering own national interests, however, the China challenge is one of the most important ones. If India renames the places belonging to it but under adverse Chinese &Pak occupation, it will be a strategic initiative announcing the arrival of India in the real sense on the global scene . Read my content quote carried by the Financial Express.

Amidst China's increasing political assertiveness on the strength of its growing economic prowess which allowed it to contest India's natural primacy in the subcontinent over the years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a visit to Bhutan last week to deepen and strengthen bilateral relationship between the two countries. Unlike several of India's small neighbours who have a robust diplomatic and strategic relationship with China, Bhutan has continued to remain a steadfast South Asian partner of India in the subcontinent. While China has been demanding a bilateral relationship equal to that with India, Bhutan is yet to respond positively to it. By turning its focus on offering deeper economic cooperation to its neighbours by treating them as sovereign equals and developing mutually beneficial security cooperation, India will continue to challenge China's primacy over South Asia.

By Sergey Lavrov* New York:  I think India is a great power, which sets its own national interests and chooses its partners. We know that India is being subject to enormous and completely unjustified pressure in the international arena. Recently, #India #SergeyLavrov

In this conversation, Ambassador (retd.) Rajiv Sikri, fmr. secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs, and author of a new book on Indian foreign policy called Strategic Conundrums: Reshaping India's Foreign Policy (https://lnkd.in/g2UxHf3t), talks to me about, - what will happen to India-US ties in a Harris or Trump presidency - why America does not want India to become another China - multi-pronged conflict on India's borders, - Islamist impact on Bangladesh's new interim government, - why central Asia is critical to India, - why India must be more assertive on Tibet and East Turkestan, - and the Tibet issue after the incumbent Dalai Lama. https://lnkd.in/g-Z-fcfW #unitedstates #america #china #india #bangladesh #dalailama #tibet #eastturkestan #trump #biden #bangladesh

India has vehemently reacted to China's audacious attempt to rename Arunachal Pradesh, a clear manifestation of China's expansionist agenda. Meanwhile, China has a notorious track record of forcibly occupying numerous territories and imposing its own names upon them, a tactic aimed at solidifying its control and erasing indigenous identities. This aggressive pursuit of territorial expansion not only destabilizes regional harmony but also poses a significant threat to the sovereignty of neighboring nations. China's relentless quest for territorial acquisition continues to undermine peace and security in the region, prompting concerns over its intentions and exacerbating tensions with neighboring countries. Now India has renamed most territories of PRC in response to their attempt.