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9DASHLINE recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dr T.V. Paul about his latest book: The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi.

This book explores India's successes and constraints since its independence in 1947, analysing the motivations of its leaders and the benchmarks for global status.

In Conversation9DLSeptember 19, 2024TV Paul, 9DASHLINE, The Unfinished Quest, India's Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi, independence in 1947, global status, great power status, Indo-Pacific region, swing power, China-India rivalry, Xi and Modi, Sino-Indian relations, 4, 056-kilometer border, BRICS grouping, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), East Asia, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Bandung meeting, United Nations, Himalayan borders, 1962 war, Indira Gandhi, Pakistan, China ], South Asia, US-led war in Afghanistan, Meiji restoration, China and Japan, Jiang Zemin, Deng Xiaoping, Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping, balance of power, mid-21st century., COVID-19 pandemic, Covid outbreak in 2020, Maldives, Bangladesh, third force, Washington, South China Sea, Hindu nationalism, BJP, Hindu Rashtra, Naval buildup, Muslims, identity politics, BRI, aspirational power, rising power, In conversation with Dr T.V. Paul

Talking to all but tilting to one: India’s voting pattern at the UN

Written by Bashir Abbas

India’s abstentions during the present Ukraine crisis are occurring during the rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party, whose right-wing credentials are well established. The 2014 vote on Crimea occurred during the rule of its predecessor — the United Progressive Alliance, a centrist party with the Congress at its helm.

South Asia9DLMay 2, 2022Talking to All but Tilting to One: India’s Voting Pattern at the UN, 9DASHLINE, Bashir Abbas, CSDR, Council for Strategic and Defense Research, Russia, Ukraine, India, Indo-Pacific, Non-alignment, Non-Aligned Movement, China, United States, US, Kashmir, UN, United Nations, UNSC, United States Security Council, United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, USSR, Korean War, British, Egypt, United Progressive Alliance, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Hungary, Soviet, Suez, Pakistan, Warsaw Pact, Czechoslovakia, Moscow, New Delhi, Indira Gandhi, Lok Sabha, Soviet Union, Gandhi, Vietnam War, Prague Spring, Swaran Singh, Southeast Asia, Richard Nixon, Hanoi, Afghanistan, Brajesh Mishra, Iraq, NATO, Libya, UNSC Resolution 1973, Russian Federation, Crimea, Shivshankar Menon, no-fly zone, Krishna Menon, Nehru, F-16, Mirage 2000, SEPECAT Jaguar, SIPRI, MiG 21, Soviet veto, Khrushchev, Kosygin