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The India Fix: Why Putin’s war in Ukraine is bad news for Modi in India #IndiaNEWS
Welcome to The India Fix by Shoaib Daniyal, a newsletter on Indian politics. To get it in your inbox every Monday, sign up here. Have feedback, interesting links or memes? Send them to shoaib@scroll.in.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown Indian foreign policy into a tizzy. Forced to choose between two friends, the United States and Russia, New Delhi has leaned towards Putin. It has, till now, assiduously abstained from any United Nations vote that criticises the invasion.To a large extent, the Modi government’s foreign policy stance is driven by pragmatic factors concerning India’s self-interest. It is estimated that as much as 80% of the country’s military equipment is from Russia, a legacy of the Cold War. Given India’s precarious security situation (the country is in an armed stand-off at its borders with not one, but two nuclear powers), it is absolutely critical its weapons supply chains remain operational.However, even as Modi has managed to prevent any immediate harm to India’s arms supply, the global dislocation caused by Putin’s invasion has the potential to hurt him domestically.The most immediate outcome of the Modi government’s Russia tilt has, naturally, been US anger. The American government and even many academics are outraged by India’s refusal to explicitly condemn Russian aggression.On Thursday, US news website...Read more

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