Rubio’s India Visit Was Damage Control under Quad cover

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s India visit ended with the language of momentum, but the subtext was repair. Officially, Washington and New Delhi framed the trip around the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, the four-nation grouping of India, the United States, Japan and Australia. The foreign ministers met in New Delhi to advance cooperation on the Indo-Pacific, maritime security, critical minerals, energy security and supply chains. But Rubio’s visit came after a rough stretch in India-U.S. ties: tariff tensions, renewed American engagement with Pakistan, uncertainty over Washington’s China outreach and doubts over whether the Quad had lost political urgency….