In the shifting geopolitics of the post-Ukraine-invasion world, Vladimir Putin’s visit to India marks a symbolic and strategic inflection point. As Dr. Subir Sinha, Director of the SOAS South Asia Institute and Reader in Developmental Studies, explains, the visit is less about diplomacy and more about optics, and the personalisation of foreign policy under Narendra Modi. Despite the Indian prime minister’s public call for global peace, his warm reception of Putin highlights a seismic shift, a calculated defiance towards the West and a desire to project power on the world stage. Yet beneath the surface, lies a more turbulent undercurrent: India’s economic vulnerabilities, the political risks of antagonising Washington and the West.
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