21/02/2022 - International Relations

KEY POINTS

·        The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Uzbekistan, was a test case for governments on how to deal with current conflicts and attempt new guidelines for the future.

·        The special significance of this in-person SCO meeting lay in the fact that it was taking place when the world stood at the crossroads, in the wake of the Russia-Ukrainian conflict.

·        India’s presence at the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO was significant, reflecting a desire to be a part of both blocs, without antagonising either.

·        India’s foreign policy should be creative enough to leave an opening for an improvement in India-China relations over the longer term.

·        Refashioning relations with China over the longer term is important, but attention also needs to be given on how to manage relations in the near term in the context of the growing closeness in China-Russia relations.

·        India’s strategic and foreign policy establishment cannot afford to overlook the nuclear aspect, given that the country is wedged between two active, and hostile, nuclear powers  China and Pakistan.

·        It may well necessitate giving up many of the existing policy constructs, providing for a wider outreach, and ensuring that our policy is not merely in step with current needs but is always a step ahead.

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