How the Quest for Autonomy Drives India’s Foreign Policy

Even as India grows unmistakably stronger ties with the United States and its allies, both bilaterally and multilaterally, it continues to vehemently oppose any pressure to pick sides in the emerging geopolitical scenario. 

While India moved closer to the United States and the broader West to counteract China’s rise as a proximate power in Asia, it has also been resolute in its intention to practice strategic autonomy. 

Full Article at: Indiatimes

Washington’s China Policy And The Quest To Shape The Strategic Environment

 While delivering a foreign policy speech recently at the George Washington University, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken minced no words in calling out China’s domestic and international behaviour. The timing is relevant, as the Ukraine crisis rattles the strategic frame of reference for the United States and its European partners. 

President Biden’s official trip to key Asian partners, the in-person Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) summit in Tokyo and now this China policy speech adds up to Washington attesting its resolve to deal with the China challenge front and square, in concert with like minded partners. 

Full Article at: Indiatimes