International Relations
The Hindu BusinessLine — Economy · 20 OctConsider the following pairs, matching instruments/doctrines relevant to the India–US–Russia energy and strategic relationship with their correct descriptions:
Pairs
- CAATSA (Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) — US legislation primarily authorising secondary sanctions on countries conducting significant transactions with Russia's energy export sector
- Secondary sanctions — Penalties imposed by the United States on third-country entities that trade with a sanctioned state, rather than on the sanctioned state itself
- Strategic autonomy — India's foreign policy doctrine of maintaining independent sourcing and partnership decisions without exclusive alignment with any single power bloc
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?