THE US wants India as a partner against China, not as an emerging superpower as New Delhi perceives itself.

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau made it clear at the Raisina Dialogue, India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-economics, that there would be no free ride to India’s rise. He emphasized that US foreign policy pursues the interests of its people, with “America First” as its main objective rather than serving the interests of other states. Criticizing decades of foreign policy, he argued previous approaches focused on problems rather than solutions. Economic and commercial diplomacy, central to Trump’s Administration, were reflected in sweeping tariffs on global imports.

Landau highlighted India’s commercial and economic........

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