In a column today in the Tribune of India, former career diplomat M.K. Bhadrakumar writes insightfully, under the headline “A War Russia Set To Win,” that in the war in Ukraine “India should expect the defeat of the U.S. and NATO, which completes the transition to a multipolar world order.” Sadly, he asserts, “Indian elites are yet to purge their `unipolar predicament.’” The former diplomat advises that “New power centres are emerging in India’s extended neighbourhood, as the OPEC’s rebuff to Washington shows.” Indo-Pacific strategy “is hopelessly adrift.” Thus, “a profound adjustment is needed in the Indian strategic calculus.”
Mr. Bhadrakumar is an experienced diplomat, whose 30-year career included postings in the nations of the former Soviet Union, as well as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Germany, South Korea and Turkey. In discussing the current situation, he analyzes the shift that has occurred as a result of two major events: the attack on the Kerch Strait bridge in Crimea and the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, and what Russian strategy looks like for the future.
Noting that the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence service has been identified as the mastermind of the Crimean Bridge attack, he warns of the serious implications of that attack. Zelenskyy crossed a red line that Moscow had repeatedly warned against, and were Russia to continue in attacking Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, it could disrupt the “entire logistics of the Ukrainian military.”
As for Nord Stream 1 and 2, he points to Vladimir Putin’s offer to use an undamaged part of Nord Stream 2 pipeline to make 27 billion cubic meters of gas available to Europe should they choose to accept it. Bhadrakumar didn’t identify anyone responsible for the Nord Stream 1 and 2 sabotage, but it’s notable that ten days earlier, on Oct. 8, he tweeted the video of Col. Richard Black’s presentation, “Did U.S./NATO Blow Up Nord Stream Pipelines?” at EIR’s Oct. 6 Press conference “We Will Not Be Silenced,” commenting “Never knew U.S. politics is not all sleaze. What an honest man, a TRUE patriot!” (https://twitter.com/BhadraPunchline/status/1578782153491390465 )
