Vienna: External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar in an interview advised the European countries on the new world order, and said that they need a wake-up call to understand the shaking up of international order.
In an interview with the Austrian publication, EAM S Jaishankar noted that “Europeans needed a wake-up call to understand that the difficult aspects of life are not always taken care of by others, adding, no region will be stable if dominated by a single power.”
He pointed out that Europe during the financial crisis of 2008, took a defensive stance towards the world. He said “ Europe wanted to develop within its own space and to keep international problems as far away as possible. Europe focused on trade, emphasized multilateralism and used its economic influence to shape the world on its own terms on issues such as climate change and human rights.”
He highlighted that “Europe tended not to want to be involved in tough security issues,”. Talking about the tectonic shift in the world power structure, EAM S Jaishankar pointed out that both US President’s Obama and Trump, apart from their differences, agreed that the US can no longer play the same role on the world stage as it once did and must withdraw.
He said that “The Americans were the quickest to realise that they had to reposition themselves and seek cooperation with countries like us,”.
He added that “This realisation began even before the Ukraine conflict. When the Europeans started talking about an Indo-Pacific Strategy, it was clear to me that they no longer wanted to be just spectators on developments in other parts of the world,”.
He said that the world order is still Western and it needs to be replaced by a world of “multi-alignment” where countries will choose their own “particular policies and preferences and interests.”
He pointed out that “I would still like to see a more rules-based world. But when people start pressing you in the name of a rules-based order to give up, to compromise on what are very deep interests, at that stage I’m afraid it’s important to contest that and, if necessary, to call it out,”.
Jaishankar further reiterated that India is in no mood to cut ties with Russia, adding that Moscow supported New Delhi with weapons over decades of non-alignment, while the United States cosseted India’s archenemy, Pakistan.
(With Agency Inputs)
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