Indian diplomacy
To say that foreign diplomacy is tantamount to a tightrope walk would be to state the obvious, and an understatement, as New Delhi strategically manoeuvres itself between the Global North to Global South to also try and keep its ‘non-aligned’ spirit intact in pith and substance. A flurry of events such as India distancing itself from the trade’ pillar of the United States-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), displaying some military bonhomie with the United States (‘Yudh Abhyas’), standing its ground when its comes to the G7 and Russia and also the United Nations, ratcheting up its relationship with ‘Bangabandhu’, disengagement at the PP15 and robust engagement with the SCO, are all pointers. Is India the ultimate swing state? Only time will tell. But the world is in desperate need of a group of strategic and non-aligned states to ensure and facilitate peace and unity in the world.
Nishat Bhatotia,
