India must define its place in a changing world

The country will find its way through the ever-changing maze of international relations only if the quality of its diplomacy is backed by rapid economic progress

As the New Year approaches, India’s security interests are diverging from the global interests of Russia and China. The 15th Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral talks in New Delhi on December 11-12 made this clear. So, Russia will not put its weight behind India in the Sino-Indian border dispute. Russia and China agree on challenging America’s global primacy. But the US is India’s key economic and strategic partner. Both countries are members of the Quadrilateral Group, which also includes Japan and Australia and seeks to deter Chinese expansion in the Asia-Pacific.

This annoys China and Russia. At the RIC meeting China warned against