Anurag Batra forecasts his views on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact on the world economy

 

Anurag Batra Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of the BW Businessworld Group

Anurag Batra is a serial entrepreneur, media mogul, a journalist and an eternal optimist rolled into one. He is a B. Tech graduate in Computer Sciences, a degree which he acquired before joining Management Development Institute MDI Gurgaon, one of India's leading Business School. He is a first-generation entrepreneur and he acquired the iconic business media and magazine brand BW Businessworld. Anurag Batra forecasts his views on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact on the world economy. According to him, information wars are preceding real conflicts, and then escalating them.

Anurag Batra is a successful entrepreneur, media magnate, journalist and a perpetual optimist rolled into one. He is a B. Tech graduate in Computer Sciences, a degree which he acquired before joining Management Development Institute MDI Gurgaon, one of India's leading Business School. He is a first-generation entrepreneur who acquired the iconic business media and magazine brand BW Businessworld, a 35-year strong media brand as well as most respected business publication in the country.

Anurag Batra forecasts his views on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact on the world economy. Russia finally invaded Ukraine on 22nd February, polarising the world into allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its own traditional allies of the Soviet era like Belarus. According to Anurag Batra, the dissonance of opinions and views on Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, which has been aspiring for a NATO membership, is increasing day by day. 

The US remains deeply polarized along political and racial lines. China has adversarial positions open across the spectrum. The world is increasingly divided. “Even as media professionals landed in the war zone, rumours and unverified social media posts began to confuse the actual situation on the ground”, Anurag Batra brings the truth to the limelight. Polarisations are not only typical of geopolitics, where vested economic interests decide who takes which side, says Mr. Anurag Batra. In his opinion, we have been witnessing polarisations in domestic politics on ethnic or racial lines, not just in India but also in the world’s oldest democracy, the United States of America.

India has abstained from the vote on the United Nations resolution on Russia, citing its traditional ties with Russia, as well as nations aligned with NATO.  As India deftly plays the balancing game on the UN vote on Russia and Ukraine, the situation will test India’s resolve and diplomatic dexterity. For the longest time India swore by the doctrine of non-alignment, it is now the time to build a fresh paradigm based on those principles. “India is obviously choosing to adhere to the doctrine of non-alignment, even as we champion peace”, Dr. Anurag Batra says.

In the views of Anurag Batra, information wars are preceding real conflicts, and then escalating them. Years of cultural and ideological conditioning supplemented with incessant fake news has often fructified into hardline opinions and strategies.