Ukraine crisis

Despite sundry differences with India, so long as the United States needs to contain China, it will feel compelled to overlook problems in its ties with Delhi.

While differences between the U.S. and India have widened, Beijing and New Delhi have made similar statements on the Ukraine conflict.

Coming at a time when global food supply chains are already choked due to the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine will worsen an already dire food security situation.

India’s S-400 missile system deal with Moscow has put it at risk of U.S. sanctions.

Evacuation of 20,000 of its nationals from a war zone is not easy. But India has evacuated far larger numbers more efficiently in the past.

Did India drag its feet on issuing an advisory to thousands of its nationals to leave the country?

The dire foreign exchange crisis has worsened with the crisis in eastern Europe. Russia and Ukraine are important markets for Sri Lankan tea and tourism.

Ukraine’s fate serves as a reminder to small powers that they must walk a fine line between protecting their sovereignty and showing "strategic empathy" towards the interests of major powers.

Pakistan’s prime minister was in Russia as the invasion began; India and Bangladesh have similarly refrained from criticizing Moscow.

New Delhi has been silent on Russia’s actions in Ukraine so far.

The lack of an autonomous sanctions regime will limit Wellington's options in the crisis.

Japan’s sanctions on Russia could spell the end of previous efforts to resolve the long-standing territorial dispute.