Our increase in the world will have consequences for us and others, Sanjeev Sanyal said. (X/@Sanjeevsanyal)
India’s reaction to American events was limited, but did not endanger the country’s interests, although other countries leaned before the US demand, said Sanjeev Sanjeev Sanjeev Economic Advisory Board.
At the Aravalli Summit organized by the International Studies (JNU) JAWAHARLAL to celebrate its 70th anniversary, Mr. Sanyal said that established powers in the world would not automatically create “space” for India because it grows in power and influence.
The Summit Director, the director of the Hindu Group, Malini Partharathy, said that the rise of “aggressive American protectionism” was one of many challenges for the creation of India, along with unresolved conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Palestine.
Director of the Hindu Group, Malini Partharathy at JNU event. Photo: Special arrangement
“Our rise in the world will have consequences for us and others,” Mr. Sanyal said. “In no time, the increasing force had no space. They had to make this space in different ways. No one will give us the space we grow.”
It is therefore necessary for India to stand up when it concerns its interests, and an example is how it was dealing with pressure from the US. This is the total tariff for imports from India to 50%.
“This is a good example of how we dealt with it in India (the situation of established powers that do not give us space),” Mr. Sanyal explained. “Although there are close consultants of the US President who make snide notes and sometimes what could be considered racist notes against India are generally quite limited.”
However, he pointed out that Indian restrictions were not a sign that it would retreat. “In this, our behavior was quite different from what many other major countries around the world did under pressure,” said Mr. Sanyal. “Whether they are the EU or Japan or many other countries, they basically bent back in front of the US that we held stable.”
He explained that the current strategy of India is not to escalate matters, but at the same time he is not bending if he asks for a “reasonable thing”.
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“And that’s something we have to get used to, because if we develop the reputation of someone who is receding at every step, then I will tell me that there are many other things we will be forced to retreat,” Sanyal said.
Mrs. Partharatha said that hostile movements against India in the US, including the limitation of H-1B visas, tariffs to Indian products, and the “provocative composition of India and Pakistan” by US President Donald Trump “were deeply disturbing”.
“The doctrine of Jaishankar-Modi, as it is called, represents a new political approach to multiple alignment and strategic autonomy for navigation of the multipolar world,” Partharathy said, suggesting that it is a “self-confidence”, and building stronger links in South Asia. to the filled power.
On Monday, who dealt with the summit, the Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar said that India had constantly caused strategic autonomy and must be considered a “possibility” for his neighbors in need.
Professor Amitabh Matto, the Dean of International Studies School of International, and former Foreign Minister Kanwal Sibal and Vice -President Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit also spoke at this event.
Published – October 7, 2025 22:56
