ham-handed

June 16 Japan Times OnlineのOPINION記事から引用します。
Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked Sunday on a two-day visit to Bhutan, his first destination abroad after assuming office, underscoring the importance India attaches to its ties with Bhutan, whose prime minister, Tshering Tobgay, was among the leaders from the neighboring countries to attend the new government’s swearing-in on May 26.
It is an indication of the ham-handed manner in which Indian foreign policy is managed that even India’s relations with Bhutan have seemed troubled in the last few years.
"ham-handed" が気になります。文脈からすると稚拙の意味かなとも思いますが、辞書を引いて確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Clumsy; bungling: ‘a ham-handed attempt’
・Collins Dictionary: lacking dexterity or elegance; clumsy: No wonder its ham-handed attempt at democracy came to nought.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: doing things in an awkward or unskilled way when using the hands or dealing with people: The report criticizes the ham-fisted way in which complaints were dealt with.
どの辞書にも解説はありませんでしたが、大根役者の事を "a ham actor" と言うのと関係がある気がします。
引用したオピニオン記事に次の記述があったのも気になるとこです。 China’s rising profile in South Asia is no news. What is significant is the diminishing role of India and the rapidity with which New Delhi has ceded strategic space to Beijing in its immediate vicinity.
記事の著者はHarsh V. Pant teaches defense studies at King’s College London.でした。