PREMIUM

Trump 2.0 validates India’s push for strategic autonomy

As self-reliance gains global focus, India’s foreign policy has reason to celebrate

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India, like many countries, finds itself to be nervously engaging with the US threat of increased trade tariffs.
India, like many countries, finds itself to be nervously engaging with the US threat of increased trade tariffs.
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Like many countries, Indian foreign policy can also appear to be an exercise in non-stop fire-fighting. Today almost all of India’s neighbours have regimes that are not very friendly. But at least India is not threatening to annex anyone like the US is doing with Canada.

Trump 2.0 has come as a bigger shock for the world that anyone could have imagined. Friends and allies find they can no longer depend on the US as an umbrella, and must make their own umbrellas. Foes are doing better but if you ask China, not really. As Europe rushes to increase its defence spending and catch up with years of neglect of defence technology, the world realises the value of strategic self-reliance.

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