‘We agreed to stop buying oil from Iran, Russia…’: RSS’s Madhav expresses surprise at strain in India-US ties

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While cautioning against reading the current phase as a breakdown, Madhav warned against complacency. “One may say it is a passing phase. (But) Countries do not have the luxury to take four years as a passing phase,” he said. He argued that the three pillars underpinning the India-US relationship — geostrategic alignment, economic ties and people-to-people engagement — were all under stress. “We had a great understanding about our geostrategic priorities. There was a broad alignment on China and Islamic terrorism. Today, it does not seem so anymore,” he said. “We don’t understand what are the geostrategic priorities of the…