Ukraine’s outreach to India is about constructive engagement of a rising power that has bridged the broken links between East and West and North and South on many occasions.
Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.
In the case of India and Europe, Ukraine war has brought to the fore differing perceptions on critical issues of statehood, security, international law and rational choice.
US President Joe Biden asked Congress for $61.4 billion in Ukraine-related funding in October, including weapons, economic assistance, and humanitarian aid.
Indo-Pacific region remains priority for US Army while relationship with Indian military is strong & is growing stronger, General Randy George asserts.
Ukrainian intelligence units together with the navy landed on the western side of Russia-occupied Crimea to strike at Russian military assets there, reports AP
Footnotes in chair summary issued by India after G20 Trade & Investment Meeting Friday offered reasons behind Russia and China’s objections to mention of Ukraine.
The list of mediators is only growing: Saudi Arabia has joined Israel, Turkey, China, India, and Brazil. But all the talk is only rhetoric until the 2024 US election.
In the capitals that will now be the unhappiest, a Kamala Harris victory was presumed, and a lot of actions and calculations were predicated upon that.
India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.
The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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