Two of India’s most consequential external relationships will be present at the table in Beijing, and whatever they decide will have implications for New Delhi. China — India’s national security challenge, systemic challenger, adversary and another adversary’s friend — has signalled warm relations with India, even as it does everything it can to pressure India from all directions. The US — indispensable for India when it comes to technology, capital, and the broader global architecture — imposed 50% tariffs on Indian goods over the country’s purchases of Russian crude, twice deferred the Quad summit, criticised Delhi’s policies from time to…
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