In recent years, Indian officials and analysts have tried to make it unambiguously clear that, despite close cooperation with Washington, India will not play second fiddle to the United States in its geopolitical games. India, as it always has, eschews any talk of joining camps in the emerging great power competition. In the past, India’s … Read more
In 2023, two countries separately accused an agent of the Indian government of plotting the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader on their territory. The two countries received wildly contrasting responses from India. In September, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his government was pursuing “credible allegations of a potential link between agents of … Read more
Late last month, the United States Department of Justice announced charges against an Indian national for a plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York. The charges also mentioned an Indian government official for having “directed a plot to assassinate on U.S. soil an attorney and political activist who is a U.S. citizen.” The … Read more