India has been non-aligned for decades, which has served it well. Trust the Biden administration to not realize that trying to put India on the American team will only backfire. From Finian Cunningham at strategic-culture.su:
Expect more arm-twisting from Washington on the Indian leader to get with the Cold War modus operandi.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to visit Moscow in the coming days where he will be greeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Modi and Putin have established cordial relations over the years and the two leaders are set to discuss strengthening bilateral strategic ties.
Washington is miffed that Modi is visiting Russia on his first overseas official trip since he was inaugurated earlier this month as prime minister for a third consecutive term.
More than this, with its typical Cold War zero-sum mentality, the United States wants and expects Modi to take the American side in the growing hostility towards Russia and China.
Last week, Jake Sullivan, the U.S. National Security adviser to President Joe Biden flew to New Delhi to meet Modi. The pair reportedly discussed proposals for closer military defense and technology sharing. But the timing of Sullivan’s visit suggests it was a spoiler for the forthcoming trip to Moscow.
The Biden administration has been vigorously wooing India to follow its Cold War-style policy of isolating Russia and China. When Modi was entertained lavishly at the White House last year, it was clear that Washington’s quid pro quo was for India to adopt the American modus operandi of joining bloc confrontation with America’s designated two main geopolitical adversaries.
Modi has not delivered for the Americans. He has maintained the traditional Indian foreign policy of non-alignment. While India is a member of the U.S.-led Quad group in the Asia-Pacific which includes Japan and Australia – and which has provoked China – on the other hand, India is a prominent member of the BRICS group that includes Russia, China, Brazil, and others of the Global South who are directly challenging U.S. hegemony.
Eurasia?
Doesn’t half the world’s population live there?
Wow! Wikipedia says almost all at 5.4 billion as of 2023.
That’s a lot of taxable serf units.
Wiki has almost all of Europe listed as Eurasia and I’m sure they want to expand NATO eastward by any means necessary.
I wonder if they have some juicy resources there? (wink)
LMFAO! Search in evil browser says Z Brzezinski was only anti-Soviet…our foreign policy genius Brandon follows ZB.
This just in from Vlad: Partition Russia? NYET!
India and China are in his alliance?
Welly, welly, well
Hegemony Cricket is going to take on these power blocs with Greece levels of debt service and $36 trillion in the hole?
Only the faculty lounge could be so deluded.
Breaking from Botany Boyz:
Cloverland (Instrumental)