2022 was a slightly abnormal year in Indian diplomacy: just slight, not much. You’d reckon that given the Ukraine war and the immense pressure on India to follow Western sanctions (and India’s refusal to do so) this would have been a momentous year. Thankfully not. India has had many such experiences in the past and this was normal for the course. Coming on the back of a string of domestic policy successes in 2021: an economy on the upswing and a successful vaccination campaign that defied expectations, Indian diplomacy had failed quite miserably to spread the message and India continued...