Joyeeta Basu

SPARE INDIA THE LECTURES ON ITS FOREIGN POLICY

April 7, 2022

Right from the time Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was put to vote in the UN Security Council in the last week of February, India has chosen to stay neutral—or as some would say, impartial. This has been evident from India’s abstentions on resolution after resolution at the United Nations tabled...

NOTHING ‘SHAKY’ ABOUT INDIA’S STAND ON UKRAINE, PRESIDENT BIDEN

March 24, 2022

President Joe Biden finds India’s stand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine to be “shaky”. He said as much earlier in the week, when speaking of Nato and Quad allies’ and partners’ stand on Ukraine. It is surprising that the US President did not realise the impropriety of making such...

UN SHOULD HAVE TALKED OF RELIGIOPHOBIA

March 18, 2022

There are times that even “bizarre” does not describe the actions of the United Nations, the latest instance being singling out one faith, Islam, and placing it on the victimhood-pedestal and then dedicating a day, 15 March, as the “International Day to Combat Islamophobia”. As India’s Permanent Representative to the...

UP ELECTIONS: IT’S DELIVERY THAT MATTERS

March 15, 2022

A few months, or maybe a year ahead of the Uttar Pradesh elections, there was a general feeling on the ground that even if Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party would better its 2017 performance in 2022, the Yogi Adityanath-led Bharatiya Janata Party would return to power comfortably. Somewhere along the way,...

Evacuation Of Indians: This Is Not The Time For Domestic Politics

March 3, 2022

There is a time for politics. There is a time for furthering one’s political agenda. And this is certainly not the time, when India has launched its biggest evacuation efforts in living memory, extricating its citizens under extremely difficult conditions from a conflict zone. Operation Ganga is the toughest that...

India And The Ukraine Vote: To Abstain Was The Right Decision

March 1, 2022

There is a lot of debate about India abstaining from voting on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is being taken as proof of India siding with Russia, when the reality is anything but. Even a cursory glance through India’s statements in the...

Mr Trudeau, Don’t Go The Chinese Way, Learn To Tolerate Dissent

February 17, 2022

Who would have thought that the country that is supposed to have near flawless democracy, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, would go rogue in such a spectacular manner and without almost any international outcry? We are talking of Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act in Canada...

India Is At The Heart Of U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy Document

February 15, 2022

The just released “Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States” (February 2022) is an important document from the White House, for it makes the Indo-Pacific the central pillar of US foreign policy, or as it quotes President Joe Biden: “The future of each of our nations—and indeed the world—depends on a...

It’s Karma-Time For Justin Trudeau

February 10, 2022

Talk about karma. Talk about just deserts. Indians can feel justifiably happy at what is happening with Canada’s Justin Trudeau—the gentleman one of whose claims to fame in India was dancing on stage in a Bollywood attire during an embassy party in New Delhi. His other claim to fame, rather...

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Xi Loses Face, But Brazens It Out

February 8, 2022

The Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 have started, with several democracies, including India being part of a “diplomatic boycott” of the Games, where there is no participation at the government level. Apparently undeterred by this huge loss of face—the boycott must have rankled the Communist Party of China to no end—PRC...

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