Indians see the US as the greatest military threat after China and location greater blame on NATO and Washington than on Vladimir Putin for his war in Ukraine, according to a new study. Some 43 percent of the 1,000 participants viewed China-- with whom India has a long-lingering border dispute and has seen tensions flare again because 2020-- as the best risk, according to the study by Morning Consult, a US-based worldwide service intelligence company. 22 per cent saw the United States as the second-most significant security risk, ahead of Indias historical arch-rival Pakistan, the study showed. While the worlds 2 biggest democracies would seem to produce natural partners, specifically offered their mutual mistrust of China, Indians have strategic factors to be wary of the worlds Western superpower, according to Sonnet Frisbie and Scott Moskowitz, who supervised the survey released on Tuesday.

As stress in between Washington and Beijing increase, the Indian public might be worried about getting caught in the middle of a US-China dispute that destabilizes regional security, putting India at danger.

The issues shown in the survey-- conducted Oct.

14-15-- about the dangers from Washington continue despite the South Asian countrys closer partnership with the US, Australia, and Japan-- or the Quad, a grouping of democracies formed to counter Beijings economic and military ambitions. India has stayed neutral on the Russian war in Ukraine regardless of pressure from its Quad partners-- refraining from UN censure votes, while advising a diplomatic service to ease the food and fertilizer crunch set off by the crisis.

It has also continued to get cheap Russian oil.The survey discovered that 60 per cent of the respondents want the government to continue acquiring oil from Russia and 48 per cent of them said Russia needs to remain Indias favored military devices service provider, compared to 44 per cent for the US.

Some 49 per cent likewise want Prime Minister Narendra Modis government to continue military exercises with the country. More Indians blame the US and NATO for the war because historical ties with Russia formed throughout the Cold War and Indias post-independence period run much deeper than Indias relatively new relationship with the US, said Shumita Deveshwar, India research study senior director at TS Lombard.

Russia as the main provider of weapons and cheap oil to India is also embedded in the mindset of individuals, and that takes much longer to change.

New Delhi and Moscow have a long-standing relationship that spans sectors such as defense and security.

India is the worlds largest purchaser of Russian weapons, and a surge in oil purchases by Asias second-biggest importer has actually helped the Kremlin to keep exports as it takes on Western sanctions.