The 23rd India-Russia Summit, which was held in New Delhi last week, once again brought to the fore the treacherous geopolitical terrain that defines today’s world. The Ukraine war has pitted India’s most important partners against each other. Navigating this quagmire is no easy task, but India has led the way for the world.

The signal sent, the timing

The red carpet treatment given to Russian President Vladimir Putin on his first visit to India since the Ukraine war began, and his decision to bring a large high-powered Russian delegation, were significant. The delegation included Kirill Dmitriev, the face of peace efforts (who has been functioning along with special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, and the U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner). In diplomacy, optics matter. Fo

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