The geopolitics of war in Ukraine is driving India and China further away

India and China have separately frustrated and angered many in the West by refusing to condemn Russia’s military action on February 24. The two BRICS member countries’ neutrality is driven by their respective and conflicting national interests. It is a gross error to assume that the two mutually ‘hostile’ Asian neighbors will be further encouraged by the war in Ukraine to reboot their bilateral relationship and move toward forging a tripartite Russia-China-India front to challenge US hegemony.