Non-resolution of Palestinian issue is always on the platter to mobilise the Arab street. Hence the Chinese, so very dependent for their energy security on GCC countries and for their strategic BRI labyrinthine calculations, want to maintain at least a semblance of stability by engaging from Tehran to Tel Aviv, writes Amb. Anil Trigunayat, a former Indian Ambassador to Jordan, Libya and Malta.
For India all this has been a grave challenge while navigating the minefields of geo politics and securing her national interests and strategic autonomy. It is stuck as her strategic partners are at war. Her sane voice falls on deaf ears of geo political contestations.
Addressing the crucial meeting of the G20 Foreign Ministers today, Prime Minister Modi reminded them that as leading economies of the world, they also have a responsibility towards those who are not in the room.
Well, after an year of Russia–Ukraine war or Moscow’s special ops one thing is for sure that there are no winners and the whole world especially the deprived developing countries, who had nothing to do with these power games, are big losers.
Most recent Indian largesse was and is being witnessed in Indian response to the devastating earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria. Human lives do matter.
Make in America, Made in America, buy American were the key arguments as Biden underscored that US can once again be the manufacturing hub and best economy in the world.
Covid-19, Ukraine, and their economic fallouts, have shown us that in today’s world, every crisis has global dimensions. India, at this moment in time, is perhaps more involved in global multilateralism than it has been at any point in its history.