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 absence of major adjustments in tax rates has meant a decline in general interest in the annual budgets, with less curiosity about what they contain. Budget 2026 could change that.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Speaking at annual press conference, Army chief reiterated that India does not recognise 1963 Sino-Pakistan border pact under which Pakistan illegally ceded Shaksgam Valley to China.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
Russia never should’ve received Lend-lease from the U.S. in WWII and the West never should’ve given eastern Europe to Stalin. Instead they should’ve listened to U.S. Gen. Patton and destroyed the Russian military.
If Europe cannot take the United States for granted, after 75 years of NATO, new friends in the Asia – Pacific should take note. Some believe the Ukraine conflict is attributable to the eastward expansion of NATO. The policy of containment of China, which now includes a large economic component, to the extent of undoing globalisation, could also create an unpleasant outcome. Taiwan to provide the spark.
What is lost in all the Ukraine reporting is the basic ‘why’s of the conflict. Russia doesn’t pose a threat to continental europe. They simply can’t prevail against the combined might of NATO so the spectre of a Russian conquest east of Ukraine is a myth. Russia is interested in keeping its border states outside of any US led military alliance, just as the US was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The EU, especially France, was at the beginning of the war, sensitive to these concerns. According to Dr. John Mearsehmier, the US and UK essentially forced EU into this long war by scuttling the Nafthali Benett led negotiations in Istanbul. Now however the EU, and particularly Macron, has made a volte face, declaring that their ‘credibility’ is at stake. The reluctant EU has now morphed into the spearhead of the support mission. Why? Dr. Arta Moeni thinks that it is a project for greater ‘nationhood’ for the EU in which Ukraine is an unfortunate pawn. I’d like to see other opinions on the why. While the number of shells Ukraine gets and the various political instruments of supplying it are important, the whys of the affair are far more interesting to read.
Russia never should’ve received Lend-lease from the U.S. in WWII and the West never should’ve given eastern Europe to Stalin. Instead they should’ve listened to U.S. Gen. Patton and destroyed the Russian military.
If Europe cannot take the United States for granted, after 75 years of NATO, new friends in the Asia – Pacific should take note. Some believe the Ukraine conflict is attributable to the eastward expansion of NATO. The policy of containment of China, which now includes a large economic component, to the extent of undoing globalisation, could also create an unpleasant outcome. Taiwan to provide the spark.
What is lost in all the Ukraine reporting is the basic ‘why’s of the conflict. Russia doesn’t pose a threat to continental europe. They simply can’t prevail against the combined might of NATO so the spectre of a Russian conquest east of Ukraine is a myth. Russia is interested in keeping its border states outside of any US led military alliance, just as the US was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The EU, especially France, was at the beginning of the war, sensitive to these concerns. According to Dr. John Mearsehmier, the US and UK essentially forced EU into this long war by scuttling the Nafthali Benett led negotiations in Istanbul. Now however the EU, and particularly Macron, has made a volte face, declaring that their ‘credibility’ is at stake. The reluctant EU has now morphed into the spearhead of the support mission. Why? Dr. Arta Moeni thinks that it is a project for greater ‘nationhood’ for the EU in which Ukraine is an unfortunate pawn. I’d like to see other opinions on the why. While the number of shells Ukraine gets and the various political instruments of supplying it are important, the whys of the affair are far more interesting to read.