The relationship between India and the United States will, in many ways, define the fate of the Western alliance and the balance of power in the decades ahead. Washington’s turn to transactional behaviour risks undoing years of careful diplomacy and mutual trust. India, for its part, has drawn its red lines and held firm, signalling a new maturity in foreign policy. 

 As the West fumbles and China courts India, New Delhi's choices will shape the architecture of the future world order. Pakistan, ever opportunistic, remains a sideshow. The real contest lies between America, India and China, each now testing how power and patience can coexist in a restless new age. 

This podcast explains.