C Raja Mohan on PM’s first journey overseas in Modi 3.0: An opportunity to reboot relations with the West
In his first journey overseas throughout his third time period as prime minister, Narendra Modi will attend the summit of the main Western nations — the so-called Group of Seven — in Fasano, Italy. A major enchancment within the relations with the US and Europe is among the extra essential legacies of Modi’s first 10 years in workplace. The PM will now have an opportunity to reconnect and reboot the relations with the leaders of the West on the assembly of the G7 which is marking its fiftieth anniversary this 12 months.
The G7 summit can even showcase the rising battle between the West on the one hand and the Sino-Russian alliance on the opposite. This presents main new alternatives in addition to challenges to Indian diplomacy. Early subsequent month, Modi will journey to Kazakhstan to affix the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. He’ll look to interact with the Chinese language chief Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Managing India’s battle with China and its cooperation with Russia whereas increasing ties with the West is prone to take a look at Indian diplomacy within the coming weeks and months amidst the escalation of the battle in Ukraine and mounting army tensions between Beijing and its neighbours within the Western Pacific. India, which has been an everyday invitee to the G7 gatherings in the previous few years, has a stake in growing deeper collaboration with the establishments of the so-called “collective West”. Because it confronts extra demanding challenges on a number of world fronts, it’s within the curiosity of the West to attract India into the buildings of world governance pushed by the G7. Read more