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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
The Russian military has announced that twin objectives have been realised in the Ukraine — namely, pinning down Ukrainian forces to the Kiev region and, secondly, preventing the transfer of Ukrainian forces from the western and central regions to the east by “using air dominance” and deploying high-precision weapons.
The takeaway from the US President Joe Biden’s European tour on March 25-26 is measly. Dissenting voices are rising in Europe as western sanctions against Russia start backfiring with price hikes and shortages of fuel and electricity. And this is only the beginning.
Indian foreign policy needs a strategic course correction. India should distance itself completely from the self-centred U.S. polices whose aim is the preservation of its global hegemony. The first step in that direction should be to quit Quad.
News has appeared that Ukrainian President Zelensky has conceded that he is willing to concede to the Russian demand that his country will not seek to become a member of NATO. If it is so easy to work out a compromise over Russia’s legitimate security demands, why was Biden so very stubborn in his refusal to even discuss it, given the urgency of the matter?
Germany’s military build-up is a poignant issue in European politics, and what trajectory it will take once the dust settles, only time can tell.
The fight between United States and its NATO allies on one side and Russia on the other has become a no-holds barred struggle that is being fought with tooth and claw, as hidden racial and religious prejudices lying just below the surface have welled to the surface in the Western world.
The Modi government is going to come under immense pressure in the coming days to move into the Western camp on the burning issues of Ukraine and NATO’s further expansion, which would “change the world,” as President Biden framed the paradigm in stark historical terms last week.
The current turbulence signified an abortive attempt at colour revolution in Kazakhstan, which boomeranged. CSTO forces, led by a tough seasoned general, quickly moved in to protect “strategic assets”. Presumably, such assets will include Pentagon-funded labs in Kazakhstan.
There is an all-round realisation amongst the key protagonists – China, Uzbekistan and Pakistan –that regional connectivity and long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan are interlinked.
It is not in India’s interests to needlessly annoy a host of countries in the region and from outside the region such as Turkey, Iran, Qatar, China, Pakistan — and even Russia. The bottomline is that the government must explain how India benefits out of this joyride in Quad-2.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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