Russia isnât hyphenating India-Pakistan but balancing both for its win-win plan
Seeing Russia s new approach to South Asia as hyphenating India and Pakistan ignores the grand strategic motives of Moscow s Greater Eurasian Partnership.
Andrew Korybko 15 April, 2021 8:31 am IST Text Size:
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ThePrint recently published an article titled âHas Russia Hyphenated India & Pakistan? Growing Moscow-Islamabad Ties Have Delhi ‘Worried’â, which cites top sources who shared their concerns about the India-Russia relationship. Nobody should doubt that those said sources veritably exist and sincerely believe in what they said, but it’s arguably the case that their interpretation of events is shaped by a lingering problem of perceptions between Russia and India. Both countries have risen as Great Powers over the past decade and are more confidently asserting their interests outside of their regions. Russia currently purs
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