New Delhi must balance brave, new alliance with old, trusted friendship as India & US begin ‘2+2’ talks in Washington.
At the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in November 2018, India held two trilateral meetings with interesting acronyms. One was called JAI, comprising Japan, America and India. The other was RIC, involving Russia, India and China.
It was a rare diplomatic feat. It showed how in the modern world, one can balance two extremely influential but diametrically opposite geopolitical formations. Read More…