Dec 2014
.With visits by Putin and a little later by Obama to India, the Nehruvian template of an equidistant foreign policy of the '60s vis a vis both super powers has proved its sustainability over time .It only needs to be recalibrated. Whereas five decades earlier our fledgling economy got wheat and condescension from the US and armament and heavy industry from the USSR our status today stands far upgraded as an economic power of some reckoning. With this comes greater leverage for bilateral politico-economic dialogues. This would also entail astute diplomatic skills pragmatism and political will from our side.That said Russia has indeed been an all weather friend,while the US had at times been inclined to set a premium on its interests in this troubled sub continent.None of these nuances of real politk need to cast a shadow over efforts at a diplomatic resurgence. The era of viewing external relations through prisms are now passe.The visit of the first ever US president to our shores, closely following Putin,is proof enough
.With visits by Putin and a little later by Obama to India, the Nehruvian template of an equidistant foreign policy of the '60s vis a vis both super powers has proved its sustainability over time .It only needs to be recalibrated. Whereas five decades earlier our fledgling economy got wheat and condescension from the US and armament and heavy industry from the USSR our status today stands far upgraded as an economic power of some reckoning. With this comes greater leverage for bilateral politico-economic dialogues. This would also entail astute diplomatic skills pragmatism and political will from our side.That said Russia has indeed been an all weather friend,while the US had at times been inclined to set a premium on its interests in this troubled sub continent.None of these nuances of real politk need to cast a shadow over efforts at a diplomatic resurgence. The era of viewing external relations through prisms are now passe.The visit of the first ever US president to our shores, closely following Putin,is proof enough
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