India, March 10 -- The external affairs ministry (MEA) stated last year, prior to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kyiv in August, that "India is willing to provide all possible support and contributions required to help find peaceful solutions to this complex issue." The time may have come for New Delhi to do precisely that - to facilitate an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

New Delhi's choice not to condemn Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, its efforts to balance interests between Russia and the West, and its cautious approach in picking sides since the invasion have all yielded positive outcomes. Today, New Delhi can be satisfied in its strategic decisions-both those it made and those it didn't make. But that ...