Modi’s Foreign Policy Stress-Test: Ukraine To Gaza To Minerals Meet

The Pax Silica initiative, in Jaishankar’s formulation of India’s foreign policy, requires navigating the tension between “multi-alignment” and alliance discipline. The past eighteen months have tested India’s diplomatic acuity as few periods have in recent memory. From navigating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to managing a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and these crises unfolding alongside political shifts in key partners, notably the United States under President Donald Trump’s second term, which introduced unpredictability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has shown an unusual capacity for crisis management. It has protected India’s economic interests whilst maintaining its independence from great-power rivalries that demand…