The Modi-Trump meeting in Evian produced few concrete outcomes, but its significance lay in preventing a further deterioration of India-US ties. After 16 months of tariffs, strategic disagreements and diplomatic friction, the bilateral offered a pause in tensions. Whether it evolves into genuine trust remains the central question.
US President’s comments on his close relationship with Modi ahead of the bilateral comes same day that his administration renamed its Indo-Pacific Theatre Command to Pacific Command.
India-US ties have faced numerous challenges especially over trade, Op Sindoor & Russian oil. The Indian PM is also likely to also hold a bilateral with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.
Both leaders have vowed to realise the US-India 123 Civil Nuclear Agreement, work to build US-designed nuclear reactors in India through localisation & possible tech transfer.
Global media reports on how both leaders view foreign policy as transactional & how the meeting will set the tenor for trade, immigration & threat of an increasingly assertive China.
Global media also reports on Paris AI Action Summit and how world leaders sought 'common ground' at the event where Modi & French President Emmanuel Macron were co-hosts.
Hydroxychloroquine & paracetamol are cheap, generic drugs long off-patent. India has unique strength to make these for the world. It should use it, not squat on it.
Trump called Modi Saturday asking India to send an urgent supply of hydroxychloroquine as US is dealing with the world's highest number of coronavirus cases.
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
Renaming of INDPACOM, a few hours before the two leaders were to have their first in person meeting in sixteen months, was not a coincidence. Or a matter of semantics. There have been many signs that the Trump administration does not see Quad as central to its China strategy. Questions about how much value India brings to the table. Perhaps the Philippines in Squad is more worthwhile. 2. To get to the nub of the issue. The triangle of India and our two most consequential relationships. It would be prudent for India to mould its engagement with China in a purely bilateral format. The economic content is solid in terms of trade, could grow to include investments. The political relationship touched its nadir in the summer of 2020, is still limping along. There is no prospect of a boundary settlement in our lifetimes. 3. Really for the government to think long and hard about moving from congealed hostility towards a more productive modus vivendi. The 5 : 1 asymmetry is a fact of life that should be addressed in a spirit of realism and pragmatism.
Frustrated with both Benjamin Netanyahu and Prince MbZ. What does that tell us about the future of I2U2 ( Quad of West Asia ), which marked a departure from the proven utility of the earlier approach to West Asia. Solid economic partnerships with major players, not getting entangled in their disputes and rivalries.
Renaming of INDPACOM, a few hours before the two leaders were to have their first in person meeting in sixteen months, was not a coincidence. Or a matter of semantics. There have been many signs that the Trump administration does not see Quad as central to its China strategy. Questions about how much value India brings to the table. Perhaps the Philippines in Squad is more worthwhile. 2. To get to the nub of the issue. The triangle of India and our two most consequential relationships. It would be prudent for India to mould its engagement with China in a purely bilateral format. The economic content is solid in terms of trade, could grow to include investments. The political relationship touched its nadir in the summer of 2020, is still limping along. There is no prospect of a boundary settlement in our lifetimes. 3. Really for the government to think long and hard about moving from congealed hostility towards a more productive modus vivendi. The 5 : 1 asymmetry is a fact of life that should be addressed in a spirit of realism and pragmatism.
Frustrated with both Benjamin Netanyahu and Prince MbZ. What does that tell us about the future of I2U2 ( Quad of West Asia ), which marked a departure from the proven utility of the earlier approach to West Asia. Solid economic partnerships with major players, not getting entangled in their disputes and rivalries.