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I've think about this a lot, given that I am from India, care about the Indian people, and am rooting for a new multipolar world. With India, I think it's history has made it increasingly difficult for it to take that step. It's not just about 'courage' but rather about the way in which it has developed it's economy. Since the liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation of the 90s, the economy has become exceedingly dependent on western powers. India has weak production and relies a lot on providing services to western companies. It has also not invested in it's own technologies. India's technology sector (like Taiwan's) is largely dependent on procurement by the American silicon valley giants. China, Iran and Russia took a different approach to ensure their sovereignty. India also uses a lot of cybersecurity tech to fund its critical banking sector. So even though India's hesitation certainly has ideological roots, there are also material factors at play here. India is certainly to blame for it's lack of planning and foresight but it can't be repaired overnight.

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