President Biden took a shot at India on Monday by saying New Delhi has been “somewhat shaky” on its stance towards Russia as other US partners are falling in line and joining the effort to isolate Moscow.
“In response to his aggression, we have presented a united front throughout the NATO and in the Pacific,” Biden said in an address to US business leaders. “The Quad — with the possible exception of India being somewhat shaky on some of these — but Japan has been extremely strong, so is Australia in terms of dealing with Putin’s aggression.”
The US has been working to strengthen military cooperation between the Quad nations over the past few years as part of its strategy to counter China. As part of this effort, the US and India have boosted military cooperation, but New Delhi’s relationship with Moscow now appears to be a point of contention for Washington.
Since Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, India has not condemned the invasion and has not joined the West in imposing sanctions against Moscow. While the US banned the import of Russian oil and its European allies are looking to reduce their reliance on Russian energy, India plans to increase its imports of Russian oil.
India also relies on Moscow for its arms supply, and the US is considering sanctioning New Delhi over its stockpile of Russian weapons. Earlier this month, a State Department official said the US could sanction India under the 2017 Countering American Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
The CAATSA allows the president to impose sanctions over the transfer of Russian military equipment and was used by the Trump administration to target Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missiles.
If the US sanctions India now, it would likely only drive New Delhi closer to Moscow. But the Biden administration has shown an eagerness to impose sanctions even when they can counter Washington’s interest. On Monday, the administration sanctioned Chinese officials as the US has been trying to convince Beijing to take a harder line towards Moscow.
India is a key player in the BRI so they won’t bite Biden’s Bait.
BRICS and since the USA is not part of this association, they feel BRICS is irrelevant.
India strenuously opposes bri especially in what it considers it’s own backyard
India is not a key player in BIR
But it is very dependent on Russian arms .
It can’t afford to move away from Russia . But it is in a no win situation . Millions of H- visa holders from India work
BJP RSS have major presence in USA
Russia always moderates China – India tension .Myanmar will fragment . North India will follow suit .
China is every bit as vilified in the MSM as is Russia. Someone give me one good reason why China, the world’s ACTUAL superpower, should give in to Bye-Done’s demands.
Same with India. Sanction, sanction sanction is Bye-Done’s strategy and when they all hit home in Amerikkka, we’re all going to see the results.
It is worth reading M. Bhadrakumar on the topic of Indian dillema. It actually is an opportunity for India getting Quad disfunctiinal.
Washington does not underdtand the historic moment and is grossly mishandling it. Our information sources about outside world are non-existent, and Biden is playing to his funding base, while corporate media is whipping hysteria up, with some success.
India may not have chosen this time for what it has to do, but reality is upon them. Does anyone believe that the nine full memberdhip SCO states did not know what was shaping since Biden took office and brought back Clinton/Obama foreign policy agenda? Besides the nine, there are a number of key SCOmenbers with partner status and a plethora of signed charters among them. It is to assume that these are inferior countries with no common agenda, and without capability to
strategize,
India is a key partner with China and Russia in shaping Eurasian and now even global future. The attempt at engaging Japan, Australia and US was to moderate their alpetites for controlling the region. But when the supposed partners start dictating your future, the goid-faith engagement is destroyed.
India has to change its role in Indo-Pacific region. Various irritants to India-China bilateral relations are going to be quickly overcome. Modi has a strong support, and the mood in the country is behind him. Bromance with Anglisaxon world is now perceived as a delusion. Russia is lionized for hitting back.
Almost the entire world (100 plus countries think that US caused the conflict, and Russia had to react. Most countries consider Ukraine to be a collateral victim if US manipulation and are for humanitsrian help, not weapons.
One has to read Chinese Glibal Times to hear other perceptions. As everything on esrth is colored with biases, the goal is not swallowing Chinese points of view — just knowing that it exists, I am not sure how long it will be before everything is shut down.
If only the demander-in-Chief would use that on Israel to see if has any balls.
I remember France, Germany, Canada and New Zealand’s “shaky stance” on the 2003 Iraq criminal invasion. They were signaled out also. Remember that Joe? Of course not. For several reasons but I don’t want to sound like an ageist again.