This is a good interview in Hindustan times.we should expect dealwith US in this year.
The minister described a definitive shift in New Delhi’s trade strategy, from the protectionist hesitations of past to confident negotiations of now.| India News
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India and US are neither friends nor formal allies, but they are certainly not adversaries either. The relationship sits in that grey strategic space where interests overlap without emotional attachment.
Besides, the US does not operate on the idea of “friendship” in geopolitics. It operates on hierarchy. They sees themselves as the central pole of power and expect other nations to blindly align with their priorities, not assert independent strategic autonomy. Cooperation, in their worldview, is synonymous with compliance.
They treat China and Russia as true civiliational rivals. India, despite its potential is not a civilizational threat to the US.
For America, India is important, useful, increasingly influential, but ultimately expected to align with the US-led order rather than chart a completely independent course. When India insists on strategic autonomy or takes positions that diverge from their preferences, it irritates American policymakers. Yet irritation is not hostility. Tactical disagreements do not always translate into enmity.
Sure the US has used Pakistan or Bangladesh as pressure points to keep India cautious and responsive. But their leverage is not what it once was. India today is far more economically resilient, militarily prepared, and diplomatically confident than in previous decades. We are no longer a state that can be coerced. We are a state that must be negotiated with. And that changes everything.
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