Apr 18, 2022
To conclude, India is in the middle of a gathering geopolitical whirlwind that poses a number of geopolitical dilemmas some of which I outlined above. The large number of foreign dignitaries lining up in New Delhi may give us the satisfying impression that this is India’s great power moment. But in reality, this is also a hard time for New Delhi wherein it is forced to confront a number of geopolitical dilemmas and make difficult choices.
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Happymon Jacob is Associate Professor at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the honorary director of the Council for Strategic and Defense Research. New Delhi. He is the author of Line on Fire: Ceasefire Violations and India-Pakistan Escalation Dynamics (Oxford University Press, 2019), and Line of Control: Traveling with the Indian and Pakistani Armies (Penguin Viking 2018)