Animated by the reality of shared values and increasingly convergent interests, Modi seeks a robust fraternity with Washington, which enhances Indian power.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi consolidates the strategic partnership with the United States, critics and doubters have questions about the cost of becoming real friends with America.
Hindutva has now reached in a significant manner areas where, till then, it was politically marginal.
There is no denying the new sense of strategic purpose between New Delhi and Washington.
Modi used his Congress address to present India as a credible and reliable partner for America in these uncertain times.
The rapid resurgence of China and the slower emergence of India are compelling a reframing of their shared spaces into the composite notion of the Indo-Pacific.
The party’s aversion to Nehru draws from its notion of India and Indian citizenship.
Modi and Obama must work out a new framework for geo-political burden-sharing between India and the United States.
Delhi no longer has the luxury of viewing South Asia as India’s “backyard.”
Modi’s engagements abroad are anchored in the astute recognition that India’s domestic success is inextricably linked to how it can shape its external environment to national advantage.