India’s prime minister Narendra Modi is set to meet with US President Donald Trump in a couple of days. Pravin Sawhney, one of India’s leading security, and strategic affairs experts, says India is caught up in a dilemma after Trump’s re-entry into the White House. Trump’s trade and economic cooperation obsession is contrary to India’s obsession with security. Will this variance of focus entail difficulties for Modi’s India? Will this enforce a shift away from the US and back to China? Has the reentry of Trump into the White House dented the Indian hopes of mending fences with China?
In a conversation via Zoom, Imtiaz Gul asked Mr.Sawhney how he thinks Indo-US relations will evolve and whether that relationship offers China opportunities.
