Opinion | Beyond Hug-plomacy: India Must Draw Redlines For America In France

If the Prime Minister fails to communicate India’s reservations, he would have failed to protect India’s interests

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump met face to face for the first time since February 2025. On a sun-soaked summer’s day in Evian, France, the two found themselves in the same frame as G-7 leaders posed for the traditional family photo. The exchange between the two was not marked by the effusiveness that we have grown accustomed to in the past. Prime Minister Modi junked his signature hug and opted for a handshake. The interplay sets the tone for the first bilateral interaction between the two leaders since Trump’s somewhat arbitrary coercive diplomacy directed towards India over the last........

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