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
Advertisement In recent days, India has found itself embroiled in a diplomatic dispute with the United States, centered around a visit last month to Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PAK) by the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome. In October last year, Blome had also raised concerns in New Delhi when he visited the part of … Read more
Advertisement From September 7-10, U.S. President Joe Biden was in New Delhi to attend the G-20 Summit hosted by India. Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met for a bilateral discussion as soon as the U.S. president landed, highlighting their “close and enduring partnership” based on “trust and mutual understanding.” The two leaders issued … Read more
Advertisement At a time when the U.S. is significantly enhancing its presence and primacy across the length and breadth of the Indo-Pacific, the recent U.S. efforts to construct subsea cables near Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean is of paramount importance to India, and to the future of the burgeoning India-U.S. defense partnership. There is … Read more
Advertisement On May 4 and 5, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was in India for a Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting. It was the first visit by a Pakistani foreign minister to India since 2011 – but given the multilateral nature of the trip, it very much did not mark a breakthrough in bilateral relations. … Read more