... rather than collective security how the latter is understood in Moscow.
This difference of approaches partially explains why Russia has always insisted on legally binding commitments from its arms control negotiations partners, and India has often been reluctant to advance a fast institutionalization track for such important entities as SCO, BRIC or even for Quad [
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]. In all these settings New Delhi would prefer to have commitments
a la carte
that is to give participating sides the ...
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Manifestations of Russian-Indian relations losing their past dynamics are plenty. The bilateral trade is negligible. Today, Russia trades with India about 10 times less than it does with China. The military technical cooperation between Moscow and New Delhi experiences many complications and even setbacks due to the growing Western presence in the Indian defense ... ... industrial strategy. There are significant areas of disagreement between the two countries on many international matters including QUAD, Afghanistan, the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and others. In 2020, for the first time in 20 years, Moscow and ...