We know even more so after the Ukraine imbroglio that we walk a lonely road in checkmating China. The weakening of the Western alliance has emboldened China A new Great Game is being played out in Ukraine. It has shifted attention and focus of the West, away from the Indo-Pacific, from China’s rise and the threat China poses to the existing world order. Already, the Quad is being spoken of as a vehicle for vaccine diplomacy and economic cooperation! India’s partners in Quad are berating the Russian Federation for violating the rule-based order and accusing naked imperialism. They are looking...