MK Narayanan, a former Indian national security advisor. "What the conflict has exposed is the irrelevance of the United Nations in dealing with situations of this kind — becoming in many ways a modern day variant of the ill-fated League of Nations" thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a…
A common view in India: "the West should hit the ‘pause button’ on initiating ‘Colour Revolutions’ which have led to more conflicts than peace in Europe or elsewhere." thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a…
"A 2021 study by Stimson Centre scholars suggests the share of major Russian systems in our [India's] military is an astonishing 85%. Between 2000 and 2020, Russia accounted for 66.5% of India’s arms imports." orfonline.org/research/break…
"The Russian arms industry is now in the cross-hairs of the Americans, and New Delhi and Moscow will have to come up with creative solutions to keep the relationship going. One obvious move would be to revert to the old rupee-ruble trade." orfonline.org/research/break…
Indian retired diplomats & generals. "situation seems grim for Russia...visible & abject lack of preparation [and] severe logistical incompetence...the quality of Russian technology previously thought to be superlative is increasingly being questioned." vifindia.org/article/2022/m…
"Any impact on the Russian defence industry will adversely impact the Indian Air Force which gets 60-65% of its equipment from Russia ... A clear lesson for India would be to widen its airpower basket away from Russia." vifindia.org/article/2022/m…
"An important lesson ... for India from this war is the importance of enmeshing airpower with military strategy. At present, Indian airpower is not as enmeshed in its military strategy as it should be. India’s adversaries have strong air capabilities" vifindia.org/article/2022/m…
The Russian ambassador's drivel in the Indian press. "had Germany had a more independent foreign policy [it] wouldn’t have allowed a situation when we were left with no other choice but to use force to make Ukraine listen to us" indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
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