... What can sovereign nations do and what tools are available? Public diplomacy, second track diplomacy…?
I practiced public diplomacy. It’s not a question of belief or faith. We must understand that there are tensions in the world, inescapable tensions.... ... geopolitically. Though the geopolitical situation is in transit, it has predominantly been a unipolar world. At least, I can speak for India and Russia, that we both wanted a multipolar world, and a multipolar world, which is based on equity, based on cooperation, based ...
... Issue 3
(July-September 2022).
This is a new and expanded version of the article. For an earlier version see, Kortunov, Andrey. “India-Pakistan and Russia-Ukraine: What If We Compare the Two?” Modern Diplomacy, October 30, 2021.
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2021/10/30/india-pakistan-and-russia-ukraine-what-if-we-compare-the-two/
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... India's energy sector is inseparably tied to Russia, and India invests in Russian gas and oil fields [
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Currently, India considers Russia an important partner in Prime Minister Modi’s “Make in India’” campaign fields [
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]. Even in space diplomacy, Russian-Indian cooperation remains a shining frontier with its continued cooperation on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), and other important projects fields [
203
]. The joint statement on “Reaching New Heights of Cooperation through Trust ...
Russia has only temporarily captured China’s seemingly entrenched role as a major ... ... This also puts some break on “financial sanctions”.
Andrey Kortunov:
The end of diplomacy? Seven Glimpses of the New Normal
If Russia cannot get paid for gas, and... ... “China-connection”, the U.S. can hardly embargo Russia in ASEAN. Talk more with India, and old friend of Russia. India has moved closer to the U.S. in recent years...
