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Ukraine and the big toss-up in South Asia politics
As the war in Ukraine adds to the political churn in South Asia, the US is gaining ground, Russia is losing influence, and China is under pressure to rethink its regional policies
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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has held up Indian foreign policy as a model of independence.
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C Raja Mohan
It is not often that Pakistan's leaders praise India's foreign policy. But that is precisely what Prime Minister Imran Khan has been doing since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In his rallies mobilising support for his faltering government, he lauded India's ability to align with the United States while maintaining good ties with Russia.
Early last month, after several European envoys wrote a letter to his government urging support for the United Nations resolution condemning Russian aggression, an outraged Mr Khan demanded to know if the West thinks "Pakistan is a slave" to merely follow their orders.
