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The Russian-Chinese Strategic Partnership has become the primary catalyst of positive geostrategic change
Russian, Chinese, and Pakistani interests are all directly served through N-CPEC+
But everything might not work out perfectly comes to Russia’s plan to bring China and Pakistan closer to India
These anti-Russian statements come just two weeks after Russia agreed to join Pakistan’s AMAN-2021 naval exercises
This might ultimately lead to Russia no longer playing second fiddle to India in South Asia
Russia and China want to avoid a split over India in the New Cold War
The improvement of relations with Pakistan allows Moscow to perfect its sensitive “balancing” act in Eurasia
It’s unlikely that the Biden Administration would take any meaningful action to sanction or otherwise pressure India
India is trading its secular reputation for a Hindu nationalist one
The BJP fears the influence farmers hold over society, hence their interest in politically neutralising them