India: From Crossroads to Crosshairs

Scott Ritter- The importance of India in the emergent global entity known as Brics is right there in the name

Since gaining its independence from the British Empire, India has strived to define itself as a neutral, nonaligned nation. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, however, India has transitioned away from the nonaligned model to one where it has sought to align itself with both sides of an increasingly polarized world — taking a leadership position in the newly emerging global multipolarity symbolized by the Brics alliance, while actively participating in the promotion of the US-led singularity referred to as the “rules-based international order.” There is no doubt that the world’s most populous nation, possessing the fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third largest by purchasing power parity, casts a large geopolitical shadow. But India’s efforts to straddle both sides of the fence may be a case of wanting to have one’s cake and eat it, too.

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