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India hedging between U.S., China and Russia as it adapts to a multipolar world, professor says
Summary
Dr. Milind Takar, a professor at the University of Indianapolis, told an on‑campus audience that India’s foreign policy has moved from Cold War nonalignment to pragmatic ‘hedging’ among the United States, China, Russia and the Global South, driven by security, trade and energy needs.
Dr. Milind Takar, professor and graduate director of the international relations program at the University of Indianapolis, said India is pursuing a pragmatic foreign policy that balances ties with the United States, China and Russia while maintaining links with the Global South.
Takar told the audience that India’s post‑independence nonalignment evolved after the Cold War into a more pragmatic approach, a position he described as “hedging” that aims to avoid permanently aligning with any single great power. He said that history — including a 1971 treaty of friendship with the Soviet Union, decades of Soviet defense cooperation and India’s decision not to join the…
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