Failure 2.0: India's Big, New Foreign Policy Idea Is Even Worse Than Its Last One. And That's Saying Something. -- Sadanand Dhume, Foreign Policy
Like a pesky ghost that won't be exorcized, Jawaharlal Nehru's nonalignment policy continues to hover over India's foreign relations. Later this month, New Delhi will host its first BRICS summit, an oddball gathering of authoritarian and democratic nations united only by regional heft and implicit opposition to the U.S.-led international order. Just last week, a 70-member trade delegation headed to Tehran to explore fresh opportunities for Indian companies in the Islamic republic, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai having previously declared that the recent, tougher round of EU and U.S. sanctions on Iran were inapplicable to India. Instead of using an ongoing two-year term (2011 to 2013) on the U.N. Security Council to underscore its democratic credentials, India has mostly sided with the Russians and the Chinese in their battles on behalf of Bashar al-Assad and the late Muammar al-Qaddafi.
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My Comment: This has always been the problem with the Indian subcontinent .... their foreign policy .... both Pakistan's and India's .... has always been consistently anti-western while being open (and hospitable) in doing business and maintaining relations with some of the vilest regimes on the planet. Is it because of British colonialism, the Bhopal disaster, differing economic/political needs .... that when combined makes a country like India behave and have the foreign policy that it has .... I do not know ... but I do know that it is a culture (from my own experience) that is very difficult to work with .... and even harder to rely and depend on. And if the West and the U.S. are still hopeful that they may change their approach in the not so distance future .... I say dream on .... because it is not going to happen.
Update: India, Asian allies could face US sanctions if Iranian oil imports not reduced -- FOX News
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