‘Personal Factor’ In Indian Foreign Policy Under Modi: Force Multiplier or Diplomatic Liability?

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Description: Siddharth Varadarajan speaks with former ambassador Vivek Katju on the role played by the ‘personal rapport’ and even ‘friendship’ Narendra Modi supposedly has with various world leaders.

Siddharth Varadarajan speaks with former ambassador Vivek Katju on the role played by the ‘personal rapport’ and even ‘friendship’ Narendra Modi supposedly has with various world leaders.

Vivek Katju

Siddharth Varadarajan

Siddharth Varadarajan speaks with former ambassador Vivek Katju on the role played by the ‘personal rapport’ and even ‘friendship’ Narendra Modi supposedly has with various world leaders.

‘personal factor’ in indian foreign policy under modi force multiplier or diplomatic liability

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Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire speaks with former ambassador Vivek Katju on the role played by the ‘personal rapport’ and even ‘friendship’ Narendra Modi supposedly has with various world leaders.

In a recent oped, Katju critiqued the claim – made by Modi and external affairs minister S. Jaishankar – that this personal connect adds a ‘plus one’ for India. As Donald Trump hands Modi a reality check, India needs to understand where its policy went wrong.

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