New Delhi, March 8 -- As conflicts increase in a world of disorder, the path that best serves India's interests is one of non-involvement. The causes over which countries are fighting are complex but do not concern us. New Delhi does not have the leverage necessary to decisively influence war and peace far beyond our shores, whether it is over Ukraine, West Asia or East Asia.

Further, although it may tilt towards one side in any conflict, India has stakes on all sides. It is thus not in India's interests to take any side over the US-Israel war on Iran, the prolonged Russian war on Ukraine or possibly a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Let them fight it out. The winners will have to deal with India anyway.

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