Let’s begin with a question. Should the growing bonhomie between Pakistan and the United States worry India?

The question was triggered by an image released by Pakistan’s foreign ministry. It shows Pakistan’s self-appointed Field Marshal General Asim Munir offering rare earth metals to US President Donald Trump, quite literally on a platter, during a closed-door meeting at the Oval Office.

Islamabad’s foreign policy establishment is showcasing the image as proof of a great reset in US-Pakistan ties, a long-delayed course correction that will erase a decade of mistrust.

For many, the picture is a throwback to the colonial era: the subjugated potentate offering tribute in exchange for patronage. Ordinarily, serious students of geopolitics don’t assign much significance to unequal relationships.

Indeed, former Indian envoy to the US Nirupama Rao has advised New Delhi not to fret over what she called “Pakistan’s puppet show". Their consensus is that........

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