{"id":209403,"date":"2022-10-04T19:38:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T14:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=209403"},"modified":"2022-10-04T19:38:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T14:08:49","slug":"indias-ukraine-destiny-a-foreign-policy-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-ukraine-destiny-a-foreign-policy-test\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Ukraine destiny: A foreign policy test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0<strong>\u201cIndia&#8217;s Ukraine destiny: A foreign policy test\u201d <\/strong>published in the\u00a0<b>Business Standard <\/b>on\u00a0<strong>4<sup>th <\/sup>October 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Syllabus<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: GS 2: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India\u2019s interests.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: Russian war and India\u2019s stand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Recently, India abstained from a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Russia\u2019s illegal referendums in four regions of Ukraine and calling for an unconditional withdrawal of troops from that country.<\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"What_is_the_present_course_of_the_Ukraine_crisis\">What is the present course of the Ukraine crisis?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Russia organised \u201creferendums\u201d on Ukrainian territory late last month. Russia claimed that it unilaterally claimed victory. Following that, Russia is signing decrees to declare the four eastern Ukrainian territories \u2014 Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia\u2014part of Russia.<\/p>\n<h5>How do global nations view India&#8217;s abstaining from resolution?<\/h5>\n<p>India has consistently maintained that the global order is based on the UN charter, international law, and respect for territorial sovereignty. However, India&#8217;s abstaining raised questions <strong>a)<\/strong> About India\u2019s global commitment to nuclear disarmament and strengthening the non-proliferation order, <strong>b)<\/strong> India&#8217;s dependence on Russian defence supplies is limiting India from taking an independent stand.<\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"What_are_the_challenges_faced_by_Russian_defence_production\"><span id=\"Why_Russia_wants_mobilisation_and_what_are_the_challenges_faced_by_Russian_defence_production\">What are the challenges faced by Russian defence production?<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/semiconductor-shortage-in-russia-indias-russia-problem-will-grow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Semiconductor shortage in Russia: India\u2019s Russia Problem Will Grow<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><span id=\"Why_India_needs_to_ask_Russia_to_stop_the_war\"><span id=\"What_does_India_say_to_Russia_about_war\">Why India needs to ask Russia to stop the war?<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Recently, the US has indicated its disapproval of India\u2019s position on Ukraine by excluding it from the critical Minerals Security Partnership and signing an F16 sustainment programme with Pakistan<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-telling-russia-to-abandon-war-is-in-indias-interest\/\">Why telling Russia to abandon war is in India\u2019s interest<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5>What Russia needs to remember before escalating the Ukraine conflict?<\/h5>\n<p>The threat of nuclear escalation will alter the dynamics of the war in unpredictable ways. This is likely to send a political message to the US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.<\/p>\n<h5>What India needs to do?<\/h5>\n<p>It will be critical for India to craft a nuanced and consistent position on the Russia-Ukraine crisis that would establish greater credibility with its allies.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more: <a title=\"Russia\u2019s prolonged confrontation with the West is putting India\u2019s strategic interests under stress\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/russias-prolonged-confrontation-with-the-west-is-putting-indias-strategic-interests-under-stress\/\">Russia\u2019s prolonged confrontation with the West is putting India\u2019s strategic interests under stress<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cIndia&#8217;s Ukraine destiny: A foreign policy test\u201d published in the\u00a0Business Standard on\u00a04th October 2022. Syllabus: GS 2: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India\u2019s interests. Relevance: Russian war and India\u2019s stand. News: Recently, India abstained from a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-ukraine-destiny-a-foreign-policy-test\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India&#8217;s Ukraine destiny: A foreign policy test<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[10503,212],"class_list":["post-209403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-gs-paper-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704893373},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}