India’s increasing closeness with the US and joining the QUAD (an informal forum for cooperation with US, Japan and Australia ostensibly to contain China) is viewed with optimism in India, but has come at the expense of straining India’s age old relationship with Russia, which has not kept its displeasure a secret. At the same time India’s decision to buy Russia’s S-400 air defence despite repeated warnings of sanctions from the US is testing the limits of the new-found warmness between the two democracies.
India hopes to grow its strategic partnership with the US, while at the same time retaining its special relationship with Russia. But as US-Russia ties revert to Cold War hostility, will India be able to maintain this delicate balance or will it be forced to choose (once again) one over the other? And who will India choose - the longtime steadfast friend or the new wealthy suitor?
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Amb. Ashok Sajjanhar (@asajjanhar)
- Served as India’s ambassador to Sweden, Latvia and Kazakhstan
- And is currently the president of Institute of Global Studies
Maj Gen PC Kharbanda
- Veteran of 1971 Indo-Pak war
- He is a senior fellow at CLAWS - Centre for Land Warfare Studies
Emily Tamkin (@emilycttamkin)
- Well-known American Journalist
- US Editor of New Statesman
Brig. Pradeep Sharma (@BrigPradeep)
- Over 35 years of active military experience
- Well-known speaker on contemporary topics of National Security and Counter Terrorism
Commander Dr. Shishir Upadhyaya (@Shishir6)
- Associate Professor & Associate Dean, Jindal School of International Affairs
- Former defence intelligence officer with vast experience in Indian Navy
- Author of 'India’s Maritime Strategy-Balancing Regional Ambitions and China'
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