Thread by @dravirmani

@Special relationship" is a #delusion that Indians must #shun if they are to defend their Nation against Autocratic nations which have been looking for a way to destroy them for 75 years

https://twitter.com/dperi84/status/1496718384461156352

Make no mistake, Putin's Damocles sword is now hanging over India's head. We don't have the luxury of talking🤐, we have to plan, decide, and act!

There are only "overlapping interests," between any two countries; When the overlap gets smaller & smaller, expect foreign policies to change; don't #delude yourself about friendship, Bhai Bhai & Jigri Dosti

4/Irus It's now crystal clear, that FM Lavrov's criticism of India in 2021 was not an emotional outburst. It represents Putin's/Kremlin's view about India & its role in Quad/Indo-Pacific! P* swallowed his pride in Dec 2021, to ensure India wouldn't vote against Russia in UN

5/irus Russia asked India for this talk

https://twitter.com/geeta_mohan/status/1496895093735047171

6/irus

https://twitter.com/tanvi_madan/status/1496898907594539018

7/irus Dialogue and Diplomacy

https://twitter.com/drsjaishankar/status/1496921333564784640

8/irus Indian lives matter to India, whether they are Indian students in Middle East or Europe, the target of cross-border terrorism, or aggression by China (as much as European lives matter to Europeans).

https://twitter.com/alexiszakharov/status/1496952759282765825

9/irus Following the US-UK-EU conventional wisdom (#CW) & “expert consensus” is likely to lead India into disaster. We have to think & decide for ourselves, after listening to all voices, particularly of dissidents like👇🏽!

https://twitter.com/thepr0diga1s0n/status/1485729483151880194

10/irus And, “EU will opt to align with the United States to balance Russia, but not to isolate China” . Guess which is (un)acceptable in the eyes of US-EU Foreign policy experts?

https://twitter.com/tanvi_madan/status/1497026549886984199

11/irus That said, we do need to consider th difference between #Grey #War that #India has faced from #Pakistan & #China for 50yrs, and traditional, full fledged, hot #War that #USA launched against #Iraq, & #Russia against #Ukraine. Latter is shocking precursor to #PRC war on 🇹🇼

12/irus I have searched for a decade for an analysis of how GOI’s public denunciation of, “China as an Aggressor” will benefit India (net-net); its even more difficult to understand how denunciation of “Russia as an aggressor” will help, & not harm, Indian interests! 🙏🏽 enlighten