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Wow. You still take a lot of verbosity to make your point. Yes India is unlikely to jeopardize its newly expanded 'unbreakable' relationship with Russia... And Xi Jinping's visit to Riyadh where 34 important agreements were signed for technological and infrastructure cooperation - unlike the fruitless visit by Biden some months ago - is also a sign the multipolar world is asserting itself more and more boldly. Similar trends are occurring in Africa as the neocolonial presence of the US and France is being rejected in favour of better deals with China and Russia. And even to an Indian-born person like me, your not so subtle pro-India, anti-China bias is evident. The present appearance of superior Indian growth is something of an illusion, as a recent Foreign Affairs article pointed out - reflecting mostly a reverberation of the severe contraction during covid. China's ongoing lockdowns due to fears of having been ethno-targeted by the Pentagon bioweapon is responsible for the current low growth rate there. This analy will shortly be corrected. America's attempt at deindustrialization at Germany's expense using sanctions v Russia plus the Inflation Reduction Act is unlikely to be at China's expense, as China continues to lead the West inoat advanced technologies, never mind India.

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