One can discern clarity, calculation and conscious caution in India’s relations not only with the US but also with Russia and China.
No surprise India shocked many in Washington when it took an independent position in relations with Russia after the latter’s invasion on Ukraine.
As we in Pakistan agonise over three simultaneous crisis — political, constitutional and economic — neighbouring India forges ahead to establish new partnerships and reinforce existing ones in a world driven by bloc politics and geo-economic interests.
Beside the strategic convergence, their cooperation in trade, science, technology, defence and AI is growing by leaps and bounds.
But this is not a completely congruent partnership, driven only by the US desire to build up Indian power as a way of creating a geopolitical equilibrium in Asia (vis a vis China)
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