Now it is time for India to have a more fundamental recognitive rerouting–identifying who the true threat is. Although Trump often boasts about his personal relations with Putin, when it comes to India's purchase of Russian oil, he turns unprecedentedly and unnecessarily tough, not only linking India's purchase to secondary sanctions, but even imposing a 25% punitive tariff. Such an operation seems contradictory, but the underlying logic is rather simple and coherent - it does not matter whether Russia and the US reconcile; what matters is forcing countries like India to buy overpriced US oil and gas by cutting off its discounted supply, be it from Iran or Russia. While India suffers from inflation due to higher import bills, the US energy business becomes the biggest winner. This looks like an energy crisis spilling over from geopolitical conflict, but in essence, it is a dependence crisis manufactured by the US. m.thewire.in/article/diplom…
