Modi's wall-to-wall diplomacy has finally gotten into trouble. While eye-to-eyeing with United States, it is constantly funding Russia. In a fit of rage, the US side unexpectedly broke out shocking news in an attempt to pull China in and aim its guns at India.
As a hegemon in southern Asia, India's foreign policy has long been criticized, and many people are quite dissatisfied with the country's wall-to-wall diplomacy. But because of their relations with the United States and the West, they had no choice but to scold in their hearts. However, Modi, who has recently been diplomatically triumphant, has finally caught fire.
Recently, according to a report by United States Bloomberg, a United States official said that when the war between Russia and Ukraine was in full swing, India, as a NATO partner, not only did not come to help Ukraine, but fought with Putin. This made a group of Western countries that came to aid Ukraine feel very unhappy.
"India's move poses a huge challenge for the West to strangle Russia," the official said. We all know that Russia is now a big problem for NATO, and those who dare to stand in the way are somewhat ignorant. So, what did India do to make the US side so angry?
Relevant statistics show that India has become the second largest supplier of restricted technology to Russia. In the Bloomberg report, India's exports of restricted items to Russia exceeded $60 million in April and May, and soared to $95 million in July, second only to China. And nearly one-fifth of the sensitive technologies that enter the Russia military-industrial complex do so through the channel of India.
It should be noted that in the Western sanctions against Russia, restricting or prohibiting the import of military materials into Russia is a key link, which greatly weakens the combat capability of the Russian army. But now that India is defying the wind, under the noses of Western countries, it is no wonder that United States is so angry that weapons and other restricted items are constantly being shipped to Russia.
However, hasn't India always been very close to the United States and Western countries, and why would it make mistakes on such a matter of principle? Could it be that Modi sincerely wants to pull Putin along? I think that with India's position, it must put its own interests first, and Modi's "daring to risk the world's big deal" to aid Russia is nothing more than two words: make money.
During the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India did not fall behind in other import and export trade, except for providing restricted goods to Russia. At a time when Russia was once isolated, Modi remained firmly on Putin's side. According to foreign media reports, after being sanctioned by the West, a large part of Russia's oil and gas exports were contracted by India, and India sold it to Europe and even United States after buying energy.
Although Modi's aid to Russia has another purpose. But what was given to Russia was also solid, and in order to show his gratitude, Putin specially invited Modi to visit Russia a few months ago. Seeing the relationship between these two people gradually warmed up, it can make United States angry. I could pretend not to see it before, but now I finally can't sit still, so I took out the strongest weapon - public opinion warfare.
Also reported by Bloomberg, an India official allegedly revealed to them that Modi had recently approved a plan for India to build two attack nuclear submarines. According to the plan, four more ships will be built later, and all of them will be taken over by local shipyards in India, which is a veritable "Made in India". If this news is true, then the strength of the India Navy is bound to rise sharply, because nuclear submarines are different from conventional weapons, and at present, only a few countries in the world, such as China, France, Russia and United States, can make them.
And Bloomberg claims that India builds nuclear submarines to "counter China's military dominance in Asia." The report pointed out that China has more than 370 warships, most of which are deployed in the Asia-Pacific region, which has a great impact on India. To this end, Modi desperately seeks a nuclear deterrent to maintain his status as a "great power" and, by the way, to cure "Sinophobia".
Don't say it, once the news is disclosed, I don't know whether India's international status has risen, anyway, the effect of public opinion has risen. There was a lot of discussion among countries, and if the news was true, such an important military secret was shaken out by the United States media, which made the pressure on India's shipbuilding increase sharply. But if it is fake, the situation is also very bad, India is equivalent to being driven by the United States to the shelves, and has become a "pioneer" against China.
I think that Modi is now jumping into the Yellow River and can't wash it away, thinking that he will develop slowly and then wrestle with China when he is strong. But now that it has been pushed into the fire by the United States, it cannot go up or down, and it can be said that there is bitterness that cannot be said. I think that with this lesson in mind, Modi should think carefully about how to go on the road of diplomacy in the future.