India’s strategic significance has risen steadily for a generation, driven in no small part by successive U.S. administrations since the early 2000s seeking closer alignment with New Delhi to counter China. During that period, India’s economy grew from the world’s 13th-largest to fifth (now sixth), and its military is now one of the world’s biggest. […]
India’s Strategic Drift
As Washington pivots toward burden-sharing and a quieter equilibrium with Beijing, the U.S.-India alignment that powered New Delhi's rise is loosening – and India is turning to new partners across the Indo-Pacific.
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