The Current War and the Dilemma of IndianLiberals.
Whenever international crises erupt, an interesting pattern will emerges in India’s left & liberal political circle.
This time they fall into a peculiar silence.
The reason is not lack of opinion, but the collapse of an old ideological templates.
For decades, they used to oppose US & West; no reasoning or analysis required.
It was simple and convenient for them to shout; "Down with USA!" US representing imperialism & West means symbolized exploitation. So simple😂 .
This template worked for them well during the Cold War era. But the neo geopolitical changes has become far too complex for them to understand. Simplified binaries didn't work .
The current tensions in the Middle East illustrate this perfectly.
The region today is a map of competing interests. the USA, Iran, Israel, the Gulf states, Russia, and China all pursue overlapping and sometimes contradictory activities.
They couldn’t persue the age old “West versus Islam” narrative .
Traditional slogans no longer fit comfortably with present realities.
India, maintains strategic relations with several nations simultaneously. The US for technology & Iran for energy & connectivity. Israel for critical defence .
In such a landscape, simplistic ideological positioning becomes difficult.
Meanwhile, the Indian government has adopted a pragmatic foreign policy based on balancing interests across power centres.
This approach requires careful diplomatic manoeuvring.
International relations rarely operate on ideological purity. They operate on national & illuminati interest.
Thus a visible discomfort settled on them. A perfect collapse of outdated ideology .
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