India foreign policy thread

r3alist said:
Indian pragmatism as expressed by Indians seems to be avoiding anything that is a difficult decision, on the surface it may sound prudent but it erodes all of the other rhetoric about being a power of any kind.

India has already started the process of opening to China as a junior economic partner, the quad is where it is and in brics India is allegedly suppressing any criticism of what is happening in Gaza, or anything happening to Iran

Each of those decisions you could safely argue are avoiding taking any type of position or stand
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Indians take an 'Indian position' towards any posed question. An Indian position can be described as whatever self serving interests that can be achieved without risking to spend even a toenail clipping.
 
What Delhi doesn’t want to say out aloud to its people. How it was Americans that gave India this waiver in 2018 and is now taking it away lol . Delhi built its entire Chabhar BS Strategy based on American permission …. Hahah . And how embarrassing for a country of 1.5 billion to now beg US for a waiver again lol. And Let’s not forget it was Tehran who made this whole project possible. Against our Pakistan security and its interest. I’m glad both countries are losing out.
 
India has long prided itself on strategic autonomy, yet it has faced immense pressure from the US to scale back its investments in Iran’s Chabahar Port and reduce its reliance on Russian energy.

Some major lessons for Pakistan here.

Dependence on a single superpower or a single "corridor" (like CPEC) creates a bottleneck that can be exploited.

Pakistan must diversify its diplomatic portfolio engaging more deeply with the EU, the KSA and even maintaining a delivery based relationship with the US. Pakistan can gain the leverage needed to resist lopsided pressure.

Beyond port infrastructure the goal should be industrial integration, not just transit capacity.

While India’s involvement in Chabahar has recently slowed due to US sanctions (liquidating its financial commitments by April 2026), Pakistan has a window of opportunity to position Gwadar and Port Qasim as more viable alternatives.

Pakistan is currently transforming its maritime industry into a transshipment hub. By offering aggressive tariff incentives and eliminating wharfage charges, Port Qasim is already starting to compete with regional giants.

The land locked Advantage: India tried to use Chabahar to bypass Pakistan and reach Central Asia. If Pakistan develops Gwadar into a truly deep water, value addition center with robust Special Economic Zones (SEZs), it effectively neutralizes the need for rival regional corridors.

A key observation from current geopolitical shifts (2025–2026) is that the US values "practical deliverability." Pakistan has recently gained favor in Washington by providing immediate results in counter-terrorism and regional mediation.

Pakistan must move from being a transactional partner to an institutional partner.
 
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Master Chief said:
Yes and no.

Sure, Pakistan got lucky in a manner of speaking.

But vote bank politics in Hindustan always guaranteed the voice of illiterate and unwashed saffronist hordes being ultimately represented when they acquire enough money to afford an Internet connection and drown in the ego-massaging electronic media effluent that they only ever dreamed about hitherto. The delusional echo chamber is 1.5 billion strong thanks to the internet. Saffronism is never going to be undone now. This was all the inevitable consequence (not a random alignment of stars) of Hindustan.
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Every day they prove Jinnah right. May Allah reward Quaid with paradise.

The average Indian (average guy anywhere tbh) is a dullard. That reality is now manifest to all.
 
Master Chief said:
Yes and no.

Sure, Pakistan got lucky in a manner of speaking.

But vote bank politics in Hindustan always guaranteed the voice of illiterate and unwashed saffronist hordes being ultimately represented when they acquire enough money to afford an Internet connection and drown in the ego-massaging electronic media effluent that they only ever dreamed about hitherto. The delusional echo chamber is 1.5 billion strong thanks to the internet. Saffronism is never going to be undone now. This was all the inevitable consequence (not a random alignment of stars) of Hindustan.
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And what might be the consequences? 🤔
 
Yasser76 said:
It was never operationalised by India, are you on crack!?
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Yeah we dont work on hever ending theoretical projects. Project was started more than a decade ago abd has been handling cargo for 8 or 9 years. I believe afghanistan alone got 2 million tons of cargo and grain via chabahar. We expanded the por5 recently to handle more tonnage because pickup has bern good
 
India will choose to be a happy vassal state instead of a miserable slave.

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Master Chief said:
Yes and no.

Sure, Pakistan got lucky in a manner of speaking.

But vote bank politics in Hindustan always guaranteed the voice of illiterate and unwashed saffronist hordes being ultimately represented when they acquire enough money to afford an Internet connection and drown in the ego-massaging electronic media effluent that they only ever dreamed about hitherto. The delusional echo chamber is 1.5 billion strong thanks to the internet. Saffronism is never going to be undone now. This was all the inevitable consequence (not a random alignment of stars) of Hindustan.
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Hindustan has turned into the new Soviet Union.
 
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