India’s foreign policy is undergoing a new test of choices and partners in the international system. Such a dilemma of autonomy and engagement is not new in the history of India’s dealings with the world. However, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, and the deep divisions it has created in the international community, stir up new questions about India’s foreign policy. Like a circle, is India’s multi-alignment a recycled version of its Cold War era non-alignment? Like a square, are India’s strategic orientations guided by the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) partnership with the United States, Japan, and Australia in the Indo-Pacific? Do the new shifts in the European security order, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and India’s abstention at the United Nations, create new grounds for an augmented triangle of Russia, India, and China?
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