India-China Face-Off: A Breakthrough In Moscow?
Drawing from history, we can conclude that China’s subversive diplomacy & hegemonic behaviour are likely to continue.
K. P. Fabian retired from the Indian Foreign Service in 2000, when he was ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. His book Commonsense on War on Iraq was published in 2003.
Drawing from history, we can conclude that China’s subversive diplomacy & hegemonic behaviour are likely to continue.
Did the United States offer a Permanent membership to India in the UN Security Council? If so, did Nehru reject it? Why?
India needs to address the asymmetry in military capabilities. Diplomatically, it must punch far above its weight.
To work out a solution that safeguards India’s interests, we must take a holistic view of China’s intentions & capabilities.
Trump had good cards. But Xi Jinping, finessed at diplomatic bridge, trumped Donald Trump at the World Health Assembly.
As India plans to evacuate lakhs of people, Ambassador Fabian shares insights from the largest evacuation in history.
The “very stable genius,” by choosing to be an ignorant fool, led the world’s most powerful nation into disaster zone.
Governance is about bringing people together, assuring them of stability and keeping the fabric of the nation together.
The manner in which governments & international organisations responded to this pandemic represents a historic failure.
Given the targeted attempts at ethnic cleansing, the intervention by the UNHRC is justified.
The Trump-Modi tamasha is an election gimmick, a diplomatic event aimed at building political legitimacy at home.
That the world’s largest democracy has swiftly descended into an authoritarian state is a matter of great concern.
The world, as we know it, is in disarray. But there is hope that the decades to come will make for a better future.
The CAA 2019 has weakened India’s democracy & diminished the country in the eyes of the international community.
Instead of claiming that we are the world’s largest democracy, we should introspect about the quality of our democracy.
