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Absolutely but during the Cold War you had to be either for the US/NATO or Soviet Union/Warsaw pact. The West was terrified of Russia getting a naval base on th
by Tsubasachan 8y ago
Absolutely but during the Cold War you had to be either for the US/NATO or Soviet Union/Warsaw pact. The West was terrified of Russia getting a naval base on the Indian Ocean.
Any country that tried to be neutral was considered suspicious.
- agapon 8y agoThere was a third path which India did follow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement
- cbnotfromthere 8y agoLenin called this "useful idiots". The Non-Aligned Movement was part and parcel "Soviet lite".