A year of continuing coronavirus worries, some hope and a lot of despair worldwide, is ending. What does 2022 have in store for Indian foreign policy? Diplomatic Affairs Editor Suhasini Haidar takes a look at the top 10 events of 2021, that will most impact India’s diplomatic moves in 2022.
A year of continuing coronavirus worries, some hope and a lot of despair worldwide, is ending. What does 2022 have in store for Indian Foreign Policy?
1. COVID-19 diplomacy and Delta variant disruption: India began the year on a diplomatic high- shipping vaccines around the world, eventually, more than 100 million doses to nearly 100 countries under a Vaccine Maitri programme, but as the COVID-19 virus mutated, India became the centre of the world’s concern, and the government had to cancel all plans to export both medicines and vaccines. The year ended on a more sober note, and though vaccine exports have resumed, India is no longer being seen as the single most important vaccine manufacturer in the world. 2022 will be a year to regain its credibility on both counts.
2. Taliban takeover Afghanistan: In February, a virtual summit between Prime Minister Modi and Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani saw India reaffirm its role as a development partner to Afghanistan and committed to ensuring a peaceful Afghanistan- but events overtook all plans- Ghani fled Kabul as the Taliban took over the country, aided by Pakistan- and the U.S. and its allies all left. Contrary to its past record, India closed its doors to Afghan refugees and cancelled all existing visas, has not extended support to the counter Taliban resistance, and its efforts to send aid via road have been stymied by Pakistan, although India sent some medicines by air. India and Pakistan did some parallel diplomac ..
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