Diplomacy is ultimately governed not by personal warmth between leaders but by the enduring imperatives of national interest. Much has been written about the purported personal rapport between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump. Yet, the signals emerging from their interaction on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit at Evian in eastern France are at once confusing and largely devoid of substantive meaning. Political theatre and personal compliments may generate headlines, but they offer little clue to the future trajectory of relations between two major democracies whose engagement ought to rest on carefully defined strategic objectives. More so, when they say they are in a strategic partnership.

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