https://www.scmp.com/rss/512339/feed Shairee Malhotra is a foreign affairs analyst who has worked with the European External Action Service, the official foreign policy arm of the European Union, and with think tanks in Mumbai and Brussels. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Recent days saw a flurry of diplomatic traffic to New Delhi from across the globe to urge India to shift its neutral stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. India’s position has garnered it some disfavour with its Western partners, particularly the United States and Europe. The tipping point, though, is India’s increase in discounted Russian oil imports – at least 13 million barrels since the war began – amid Western sanctions and a spike in global crude prices. During his trip to New Delhi, US... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3174230/indias-neutral-stance-russias-invasion-ukraine-bolstered-mixed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3174230/indias-neutral-stance-russias-invasion-ukraine-bolstered-mixed?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:00:22 +0000