1、Key Issues The China-Russia Joint Statement of 4 February 2022 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have confirmed that Beijing and Moscow are determined to tear up the 75 year-old existing international liberal order.The United States and its allies have been eager to pull India deeper into the West
2、ern camp and peel it away from Russia with which it has a long-standing strategic relationship.The Joint Statement and the Russian invasion have reaffirmed the importance of the Quad partnership in countering Chinas increasing aggressiveness in the Indo-Pacific.While Indias membership of the Quad gi
3、ves it significant geo-strategic ballast,New Delhis“strategic autonomy”does put a question mark on Indias long-term reliability and commitment to a possible collective Quad action in the future.On 4 February 2022,China and Russia signed a landmark joint statement confirming that the friendship betwe
4、en the two countries had“no limits”and that there were no“forbidden”areas of cooperation.Twenty days later,Russia launched a massive,unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,causing enormous damage to the country and killing thousands of civilians.This conflict is on-going.These two events have confirmed that
