News Snapshot:
Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ambition to elevate the Indo-Pacific partnership with India and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow this week to consolidate the Eurasian alliance with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin are two elements of the unfolding geopolitical churn. Beyond the great power realignment, there is also a recalibration of relations among major middle powers. Last week, to the west of India, we saw the unveiling of a thaw between the two long-time rivals — Iran and Saudi Arabia — at a ceremony in Beijing. Less noticed in India was an even more consequential development to...
