India no longer "non-aligned"

it's interesting to watch as the u.s. makes its moves in the subcontinent... first, there's a ton of military hardware and weaponry literally donated to pakistan... then, a similar package went to india... (see previous post...) both, of course, accepted... nothing new for pakistan but definitely out of character for india... and given the two countries' historical enmity, still playing out in kashmir, they're naturally both eyeballing each other to see what the other's going to do next... well, it happened... india made it official by joining the u.s. in an iaea resolution against iran... hmmmmm...

By voting for a Western-sponsored resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), meant to reprimand Iran, India has signalled the collapse of its long-standing policy of non-alignment.

Capping recent agreements signed with the United States on military and civilian nuclear cooperation within an increasingly closer ''strategic partnership'' with it, this constitutes the greatest shift in New Delhi's foreign policy since independence from colonial rule in 1947.

''By taking this disgraceful step, India is indicating that it has become a camp-follower of Washington,'' said Gulshan Dietl, a West Asia expert at the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University here.

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