‘Why is US Prez silent on China border aggression?'

Protest in Krakow, Poland, seeks NATO intervention on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

- Chidanand Rajghatta

Washington: US president Joe Biden’s description of India’s response to Russia vis-a-vis Ukraine as “shaky” received pushback from Indian analysts, some of whom have been pointing out that the US and its European allies continue energy purchases from Russia (by one account, up to $600 million per day) while bearing down on India.

Others pointed to a lack of US concern over China’s ingress into India. “Here’s the paradox: At a time when India confronts China’s border aggression, including its threat of a full-scale war, Biden won’t open his mouth on that aggression. Yet an insensitive Biden calls “shaky” India’s response to a distant war he helped provoke with a forward policy,” tweeted Brahma Chellaney, a strategic affairs commentator.