Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. While India has been drawing closer to the US, it has signalled its support of China hosting the Winter Olympics and continues to buy military equipment from Russia. Photo:Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. While India has been drawing closer to the US, it has signalled its support of China hosting the Winter Olympics and continues to buy military equipment from Russia. Photo:Reuters
C. Uday Bhaskar
Opinion

Opinion

C. Uday Bhaskar

From Biden’s democracy summits to the Winter Olympics, a ‘contra-polar’ world is in evidence

  • Amid the US-China schism, contemporary geopolitics is rife with contradictions. This picture is in stark contrast to the optimism that all boats would rise together in the wake of the Cold War

C. Uday Bhaskar
C. Uday Bhaskar

Updated: 4:00am, 2 Dec, 2021

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. While India has been drawing closer to the US, it has signalled its support of China hosting the Winter Olympics and continues to buy military equipment from Russia. Photo:Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. While India has been drawing closer to the US, it has signalled its support of China hosting the Winter Olympics and continues to buy military equipment from Russia. Photo:Reuters
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