{"id":30160,"date":"2018-10-26T14:27:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T08:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30160"},"modified":"2018-10-26T14:27:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T08:57:40","slug":"the-pawns-in-international-disputes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-pawns-in-international-disputes\/","title":{"rendered":"The pawns in international disputes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/the-pawns-in-international-disputes\/article23428906.ece\"><strong>The pawns in international disputes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What has happened?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the many hazards that diplomats face today, the most ancient one is expulsion, also known as declaration of a diplomat as persona non grata. It is the most effective bloodless punishment as the person concerned is removed lock, stock, and barrel from the scene, never to return<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recent coordinated expulsion of over 100 Russian diplomats by more than 20 countries is huge even by the standards of the coldest days of the Cold War<\/p>\n<p><strong>Austria didn\u2019t expel diplomats<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Austria did not join some of the other EU members to expel Russian diplomats because it felt that communication channels should be kept open, particularly during crisis<\/li>\n<li>For U.K., the Austrian decision was unfriendly as it revealed the chinks in the European armour<\/li>\n<li>Russia gloated over the fact that a majority of nations in the world, including China and India, wanted concrete evidence about Russian complicity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>India\u2019s stand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>India takes recourse to expulsion of diplomats only in extreme circumstances when it has clear evidence of wrongdoing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instances involving India<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>With Russia:<\/strong> India has expelled Soviet diplomats even during the heyday of India-Soviet friendship. In retaliation, Moscow had technically expelled Indian diplomats, who were already under orders of transfer from Moscow<\/li>\n<li><strong>With Fiji: <\/strong>After a military coup in Fiji ousted a Fiji-Indian dominated government in 1987 and changed the Constitution which effectively disenfranchised Fiji Indians.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Analysis: Shooting the messenger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In modern times, expelling diplomats has become the instrument of weak nations to show displeasure to stronger ones even at the risk of facing retribution<\/p>\n<p><u>Example:<\/u>Nauru, a little island nation in the Pacific, once expelled the only resident envoy of Australia over a petty quarrel, but restored its vital link in a short time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emergence of a new Cold War<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The expulsion of Russian diplomats should be seen as part of the emergence of a new Cold War, resulting from the assertive policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the aggressive posture of Mr. Trump and his love-hate relationship with Russia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Least disruptive but disturbs personal lives of diplomats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the many diplomatic devices countries possess to express outrage, expulsion is the least disruptive, though it plays havoc with the lives of diplomats and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pawns in international disputes What has happened? Among the many hazards that diplomats face today, the most ancient one is expulsion, also known as declaration of a diplomat as persona non grata. 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