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Geopolitics is a game of chess. And Chess was invented in India.

Honestly, India truly does have legitimate grievances with America: the fall of Afghanistan, Iranian sanctions that affect them, the US allying with Pakistan, and US weapons in the hands of the Taliban used against Indian citizens.

India is only on one side: that is their side.

In 1969, my grandparents used to fast once a week when US sanctioned India of wheat in a country of starvation in order to save food for the nation. Still we had green revolution by using it as an opportunity. And became a food surplus nation thanks to that sanctions in a matter of years. With what kind of moral authority does the US now threaten a country it once tried to starve to death?

India also knows one thing well: a weak and defeated Russia leaves a power vacuum in Central Asia, and naturally China will fill the role of the local hegemon. India really doesn't want China to control the oil in Central Asia.

Wasn't there a US nuclear powered ship sent to the Bay of Bengal to try and prevent India from intervening in the Bengal Genocide?

As long as America is a strategic partner of Pakistan, it has no right to ask India to leave Russia.

India is not tilting to USA, India is tilting to self reliance

1)It's the failure of US policy makers in past that the Indians have to look at Russia. 2) India purchases military systems based on its requirements, a lot of systems from South Korea ,Israel , France ,Germany ,Italy US have been purchased along with the indigenous ones however russia was the only country that transfered tech and sold weapons to india for over 50 years

Its kinda selfish and egotistical of the US to pass a law in their land, and expect other sovereign nations to comply. India is basically saying "Not all your enemies are my enemies, and not all your friends are my friends".

US doesn't understand the concept of partnership with mutual respect. What they want is a subordinate. US will never find that in India. Decisions for India are made in New Delhi.

Which side is India?? India is on it's side!! That's it

US has: 1. Threatened India with nuclear war only twice 2. Always sided with Pakistan & even gave weapons to Pakistan to fight against India 3. Blocked sale of cryogenic engines to India, which pushed India's space program back by 20 years 4. Sanctioned India twice 5. Humiliated India by using wheat as a diplomatic weapon in 1969 when millions were starving in India 6. Didn't say a word when India-China clashed in Galwan valley in 2020 Though Russia is a time tested friend of India, if India - China war happens, we do not depend on US or Russia to fight for us.

India's relationship with the US in a nutshell: *Against china, you have my support.* *Against russia, you are on your own*

We support India from USA good luck ! Indian are respected for their IT skills here and do quite well in America.

India after maintaining relations with both, US and Russia be like - Perfectly balanced as all things should be

70-80% of India's military hardware is imported from Russia. If India angers Russia, at times of conflict with China or pakistan all they hav to do is nothing, really nothing eg. Not selling/delaying spares to India. That's the reason why in 2020 when India and China confrontation happened, first thing Indian defence minister did was to visit Moscow to ensure adequate military supplies. That's why India is hesitant to go against Russia. It takes time to develop indigenous weapons, since 70 yrs india is completely dependent on Russia. You can't change things overnight.

During the "Cold War" ('45-'91) India was similarly called a "Non Aligned" country.

Philippines 🇵🇭 and India 🇮🇳 are on the same page too! ✨🔥

More than India, it's Russia who needs assistance, if India gives up on Russia, then no one save it from becoming a junior partner to china, which is not healthy for both India and free world at large.

India complied with the US on Iran and lost good relations, Oil, and importantly Chabahar port. It cannot risk doing the same by boycotting Russian again.

Except, India signed the S400 deal way before CAATSA was even a thing.

"Governments were designed to seek power.yet,sometimes their actual condition makes them the servent of other powers "

A couple of days back S. Jaishankar Indian Foreign minister just said:- CAATSA is a American law, they can do whatever they want with it, they should do what's appropriate for them, we don't care. Translation:- We don't give a single F about your senctions, your senctions game not gonna work on us... We want to buy S400, we will buy S400, do as you please.

As an American, I actually admire India’s stance and diplomatic skills. It’s becoming its own world power, keep it up guys. 🇮🇳

The problem with the US is it wants to sell its military equipment without any tech transfer or setting up manufacturing facilities in India. India went to US for help in the development of engine for our future stealth aircraft, US rejected. India went to US for help in the development of nuclear reactor for submarines, as always US rejected. India was helped by Russia for its nuclear submarine program. Russia doesn't hesitate much in helping us in the R&D in defense sector.

1971 , every INDIAN remembers what happened and how Russia kept the US,UK and Chinese alliance at bay while India was hammering Pakistan in the war.

No hate to US, Americans are friendly, smart, good in management, research, tech and they are wealthy. But there is 1 big problem. Their foreign policy, it sucks! Why the world has to be unipolar in order to retain peace? We can live more peacefully by diluting power equally. Every country is great in certain aspect. The NO.1 TAG can't remain forever.

india: come on guys can't we all be friends. US and Russia: No.

It is worth noting that American's view of Pakistan was not exactly helped by the discovery that Bin Laden had been hiding out there for several years. It raises the question of incompetence, collusion, or corruption on the part of the Pakistani government. As a result India is viewed more favorably in the United States than Pakistan is.

In your video India's map wrong 😡😡... You show indian territory to china This is unacceptable....

Both India and US use the term ‘’Indo-Pacific" as opposed to "Asia-Pacific" you should too! The term "Asia-Pacific’ is mainly used by China

You can blame Nixon for Indias support of the Soviet Union.

In your map of India, you have shown 4 states as China. More people live in these states than the entire Tibet and Xinjiang combined.

As an American here is my advice to you India. Don't rely on either the US or Russia. Stand on your own two feet and become as independent militarily, economically, and socially as you can. Stand your ground to China and take a leadership role as being a force of peace throughout Asia. Do that and every other nation will see you as a Beacon of peace and will want to follow you.

India : aight give us f35 Usa : No India : i buy s400 Usa : No *Biden stops oil supply to other countries including India* India : i buy russia oil Usa : No India : 🍆? Usa : 😳

India is at a really tough spot, really impressed by the brains controlling it though. Let's see if they could keep it up and not end up causing disaster.

There were some nations that didn't took sides in Cold war. Some Non-alignment treaty thing. I only remember India and Egypt, but there were more.

A doubt. Why isn't war of 1971 is not mentioned? It is the reason why we are still thankful to USSR and Russia.

Some truth about 🇮🇳 1. Worlds Largest Democracy 2. Worlds 2nd largest standing Army 3. Worlds 5th biggest economy 4. One of Worlds strongest Space power So no one can dictate such a BIG country like India

There is never a permanent enemy or friend, everything is all about self interest! Great video CaspianReport.

India needs to build its own systems as do all countries that have sufficient industrial base should make more home grown defense goods.

India was sanctioned in the past for our nuclear tests but it didn't really affect us a lot like in the case of other countries however it may slow the economic growth but its not like india won't grow cause it will do so either way so technically in the case of sanctions on india won't really help and is of no use however if America wants to try it's luck it can, but its gonna fail in the end

India works in the interest of its own citizens. Energy , defence equipments are important for India's survival . Hence Russia. India first everything second.

We have been so blessed lately with all these videos in such a short time

I like how both India's and china's stance in the war is neutral. The only time when they both are on the same side is in a case where Russia is involved .

Update: In July 2022, a CAATSA waiver for India finally came through

USA doesn't even support India on Kashmir...have they taken India's side over the Pakistanis, even ONCE? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. Even most Americans online generally try their best to stay neutral and non-attached to their dispute. :(

You failed to mention a time where in 1971 the USA and UK naval fleet and submarines arrived at indian shores to attack in support of Pakistan ,we had been lucky that the soviet at the time listened to our call deployed it's troops that saved us from becoming a possible Afghanistan perhaps and there are many more we are a sovereign nation and the largest democracy we do things that which are of in our national interest and we don't care about any childish tantrums the USA may throw

India is not playing both sides, rather she is trying to avoid both.

India is Our Friend ! .... Russia however stood by India when they needed it Most, which India will Never Forget Nor should they. I as an American would just like to say on behalf of myself and those Indian citizens living here in America that I know as well as Americans of India descent, Long Live Indian and American Partnership !!! 🇮🇳/🇺🇸

0:20 correct INDIAN map, meanwhile you have used a correct map of china, why so biased towards India ??????

Its 49 %of equipment in Indian army according to new report 💕🇮🇳✌️🇮🇳

This video is intended for Western audience. Reality is that India has already made it clear to US that it is a fully sovereign country and not a vassal, unlike some in the West, and that there is always give and take in diplomacy. S400 triumf deal is already complete, and if US sanctions, then it reinforces the existing Indian opinion that US is an unreliable partner just like it has been to the Afghan and Ukrainian government.

India cares its own interest first ...It's not on western side nor Russian side ...It knows how to deal these two groups in balance for own interest

4 months ago India became a 3.1 Trillion economy , just update that , you r still showing 2.5

i love how india would take any side that isn't china's

Its important to have a balanced approach and India is doing just right. Not just the self interest but India is indicating the they don't support neither US-EU hegemony nor Russian hegemony. On the other hand Russia make sure that they keep healthy relationships with both China and India, the bitter enemies.

Correction: 10:11 it's not Asia-Pacific it's indo-pacific.

It's such an interesting situation with India. America really fucked things up in the past, especially placing sanctions on a starving country is unnecessarily cruel (not to mention supplying weapons to Pakistan just for them to be handed to terrorists). Now, America recognizes the value of India, especially in the context of a rapidly developing China. India is really the only player that can compete in terms of it's labor force and access to critical trade routes (Indian ocean). I also think Israel's relationship with India is particularly interesting. Indians, from what I've seen, seem to love and support Israel and the relationship between both countries is strong. Interestingly, it is almost an inverse situation regarding the US and Russia however. Israel is practically an extension of the US military industrial complex and holds an extremely close relationship to the US. Israel however, does align itself with Russia as well. This is due to the presence of Russia in Syria, which Israel sees as critical because it allows them to more easily monitor and counter any offensive actions from Iran. So then, while India builds it's relationship with the US around the strategic importance of being competition to China due to it's geographical location and gets the majority of it's arms from Russia, Israel is allied with the US to get and develop weapons technology, and friendly with Russia due to geographical significance of having influence in Syria. And yes of course, Israel is also extremely geographically significant for the US as well. Additionally, both countries seem to not have had the most fun living with their Muslim neighbors. With Israel fighting multiple defensive wars against all its neighbors, and still dealing with Iranian supplied Hamas in the Gaza strip. Meanwhile India has been dealing with the threat of nuclear annihilation from Pakistan and Pakistan funded terrorists since both countries were created (and ofc the violence goes back even before this). I think it is natural then that both countries have such a good relationship. If only the US would support India like it does Israel, the relationship would be extremely fruitful. This relationship would have to be built out of mutual self-interest. India cannot be treated like it should be subservient to the US but rather, respected as the global superpower it can be. Friendship between two powerful nations with full autonomy that choose to work together rather than the US simply trying to coerce them into compliance.

India is doing the smart thing. Neutrality is the best option when stuck inbetween super powers. If only my home country did the same.

I think it's a fair decision in India's position, considering the us is rather quite neutral between Pakistan and India. Although, I'm not quite sure how the us govt will react to this.

Actually before 2000s they literally did not knew that a country named India existed on globe. But as India started developing at a faster pace the whole world started playing games on every front. What America has to do with India on oil imports and human rights. These facts are truely raised out of jealousy.

It's very disturbing that Caspian report is displaying the wrong map of India. It should respect territorial sovereignty as like of any proud Civilization Nation.

India ultimately should use its talents to start its own domestic defense industry in the long run if it wants to achieve its goals of being a great power with strategic autonomy and influence. It will be helpful to them and the USA and they might not be as entrapped in these dilemmas and can truly do what’s best for them.

S-550. I know you can't resist.

Indian public understand geopolitical things more than any countries'people because UPSC like civil services. 👍👍👍👍

India has a trade surplus of $33 billion with US that is more than 11 times India’s gross export to Russia. America isn’t liked much in India but to say that the relation doesn’t benefit India is absolutely false. Remittances alone from US amounts to 12 billion. This relationship will only grow. It has a potential to replace China which will be good for both India and US.

everyone is a dangerous animal: The Russian Bear, American Eagle, Indian Tiger, Chinese Dragon and my homeland of Canada is the industrious beaver =)

Russia has leased Akula class SSNs for, like, a decade+ to India. That is no simple shit. That signifies quite the military/government co-oporation and relationship.

So the Americans aren't bothered that they have these missiles,so long as they buy from them... 🇬🇧

According to this video, entire Jammu n Kashmir, the entirety of Uttarakhand, Sikkim and entire Arunachal Pradesh is a disputed land! Not to mention the Pok and Aksai Chin part are apparently undisputed lands of the Aggressors.

Overall that was an excellent analysis, but it is also incomplete. China's strategic partnership with Pakistan raises the stakes for India even higher. As long as that dynamic remains in place, it is very difficult to see how India could move away from Moscow. Not only is Moscow a direct counter to Pakistan, the close relationship between Russia and China makes it possible for Russia to influence Chinese policies affecting their relationship with India. So long as this continues, this stalemate is unlikely to change regardless of the sanctions. It's far too effective a strategy for preserving the status quo for any of the parties involved to risk disturbing the balance. The consequences would be impossible to anticipate.

The rift in Indo-US relations is quite sanitized here, and papers over the fact that the USA threatened nuclear attack (implicitly) during India's support for the liberation of Bangladesh. Indian diplomats have repeatedly said that their dependence on Russian military is *not out of choice*, but rather a position into which they were forced. edited out inacuuracies

That visit of Richard L*du Nixon to Ch!na has changed the course of history

This is why India doesn't ally purely with one side or the other: no one is making a video titled "America plays both sides with India and Pakistan", or "Russia plays both sides with China and India". When Western powers do it, we are expected to accept it uncomplainingly.

See the audacity of Americans.. Despite getting played by Pakistan, keeps it as MNNA. But US want India to worsen it's ties with Russia (who stood beside India), bcoz US wants it.

11:06 - yeah, that NASAMS deal was cancelled long ago. India developed similar system indigenously known as QR-SAM.

india: us can you give us weapons to counter china and pakistan us: no india: ok so we will buy from russia then us: no no india: why? u are not giving us any weapons, how are we supposed to protect ouselves? us: no no no

Fun Fact: Just one day after this video was posted Chinese FM Wang Yi visited India to invite Indian PM for Beijing BRICS summit. More Fun Fact: Indian import from Russia has decreased by 21% acc. to SIPRI. Even More Fun Fact: CAATSA law was introduced AFTER S400 deal.

If the US was not so reluctant with it's technology transfers, then we would have been buying a lot more from them.

Show indian map correctly

America in 1969 : I am not Gonna give you weapons, Go to your friend USSR lol. America in 2022 :For god's sake, have mercy on humanity India, how can you buy weapons from a USSR nation.

Not gonna lie, the US looks like quite the bully here, telling other countries not to buy from Russia, but not giving them a better deal. Well, from a simple person s pov, kinda unfair for India. I guess the negative effect of a failed/bad instance of a policy is manifesting now.

India has taken India's side times today are not like in the cold war where it was either US or the USSR today everyone works on their own self interest

Let’s not forget USA was one who were shifting its navy ship during indo Pakistan war in Bangal port in 1971 while Bengali were facing the genocide of its own people. If not Soviet didn’t came early with there navy to block the path of Pakistan military Bangladesh would face big number of crisis.

The map of India show here is incorrect! It marked a whole state of India as China..

This is as black and white analysis as you can do.. it's not just about military equipment.. or s400 as mentioned in the video.. here's just a few ripple effects we will face when we stop our neutrality stance.. oil- this is by far India's biggest import. With the west sanctioning Russia without a back up in place and global crude price increasing because of increase in demand this effects our economy and our currency. We respected sanctions on Iran and Venezuela. But sanctioning one of the biggest producers or natural gas in the world and putting pressure on gulf to increase it's production to meet demand is a stupid move. And we're facing the burn because of it. fertilizer - a major chunk of people and economy are agriculture dependent. And we import it mostly from Russia.. this is often overlooked by analysts but a sudden cutoff of this supply will have equally crippling effects as cutting of Russian gas to EU tomorrow.. any disturbance in supply chain will put the farmers and produce at risk. Nation's sentiment - we are an emotionally charged country and we remember how the west , particularly USA financed pakistan for decades and nurtured radical terrorist groups to cause instability in afganistan and eventually take over it.. USA caused the biggest security concern we had for decades and now conveniently wants us to put things in the past.. trust is not bought. It's earned. Our neighbours - we have a nuclear armed rouge nation which loves to see india fall than its own people prosper. Courtesy USA. On the other hand we have a relentless ,expansionist nuclear armed regime who has 1.5 billion slaves working for it.. courtesy the west.. outsourcing all its industries for cheap labour and green points.. A stark contrast to us where every 100 kms u drive the culture language People and in some cases even governments are different each fighting their own battles internally. West is already doing it's best to push Russia into the laps of China.. we wish not to participate and bring another nuclear powered enemy on our doorstep.. we are already have an inevitable 2.5 vs 1 war on our hands.. This ukraine crisis has made one thing very clear.. western policy makers look to serve no higher purpose than protect their own self interests and maintain their Monopoly over world.. we are trying to do the same by being neutral in a war we didn't ask for nor are responsible directly or indirectly..

As far as the South Asian matters go, the US and the UK have long sided with the bad guys there and did horrible, unjustifiable things in the region. It's going to be hard to rebuild their reputation to Indians. However, we must remember that India is a crucial economic partner to the EU and the only way for us to be less dependent on China. It is also a secular democracy with a humongous population. We cannot afford to lose them.

India and Russia have a relation. A relation built in a period when western democracies used to support a military dictatorship called Pakistan. -: Dr. S. Jaishankar, EAM of India India fought 6 wars in between 1947 and 1999. it asked west for weapons but they armed pakistan instead. During Kargil war of 1999, India asked US for help on it's GPS data but US refused and India had to built it's own. In late 1980s, India was about to get a cryogenic engine for it's space mission, but it got delayed for 20 myears due to huge western resistance. Doesn't it sound hypocritic to expect India to condemn it's all weather partner russia just to satisfy western intrests ? If you ask for public opinions in India on the ongoing war, the result will be something like (90-10) against Russia. Buttt...... on West vs Russia, the equation is exactly opposite and it shouldn't be a suprise.

Brilliant content as always. It feels like a fill up of the brain, a pleasant overdose of information.

They really have to balance both sides here, the're in Asia south of Russia with a contract for military technology, but want good relations with the US. I don't fault them at all.

Actually no one wants to pick sides... Africa, ASEAN, Turkey, China and India have refused to sanction Russia. So it's pretty much the same old... America + NATO + Australia + Canada + Japan against Russia.

A thing to consider is that the ongoing sanctions against Russia probably makes it very hard for them to deliver any military equipment in the next few years as they: 1. Need most of the material themselves and; 2. Can't easily import important parts for their advanced systems.

Being an indian. I support my govt stance on balancing between two close friends. India-USA Bhai Bhai, India-Russia Bhai Bhai.

1971 - the year India can not forget. Every country in the world knows very well what US does with its allies. After Afghanistan, not even Saudi trust US. Btw, it's not India's war 🇮🇳🙏🇮🇳

India would be smart to leverage its ‘neutral’ position between the US and Russia and offer to host peace talks between both factions and Ukraine. A peace deal brokered on Indian soil could really cement this status for the future and make India more valuable as a broker between both sides rather than an ally to just one side.

Very well researched video.

Excellent information! Keep up the great work.