@Scott th Ratbag; the deafening silence of the western bloc re countries which could jump either way including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Lebanon, Palestine, Serbia as well as many throughout Africa is concerning.
The announcement overnight of the G7's answer to China's Belt & Road declaring competition with it has been a very long time coming and of course roughly a decade behind it in implementation.
It's as if they're playing a game of chess after starting half way through it and having already watched some of their major pieces taken from the board - India is indeed a huge player because like Pakistan it has nukes and strong links to Russia.
