The extent and quality of infrastructure will be key criteria for India to utilize its advantage as an emerging market and increase its competitiveness.
If China stands by its often proclaimed conviction that power and influence come through economy and trade, then China has no option but to build bridges of understanding with India.
Washington’s increasing pressure on Beijing to distance itself from Moscow in its ongoing hostilities with Ukraine could have the contrary effect of driving both powers closer.
This is the right opportunity for India to seek its rightful place in the international arena by displaying its influence and skill in defusing a major crisis.
