Iran’s options, too, are limited. Tehran must worry that both Israel and the US will resume attacks, and not just on nuclear facilities, and that internal dissent will boil over
The big friction points going into the meeting were trade and immigration: India’s large trade surplus on the back of high tariffs, and the status of illegal Indian migration to the US.
Three drivers of India-China détente are economic, military, and political. These will likely be even stronger triggers now that Trump is at the helm in Washington
Kanti Bajpai writes: Classical India may stand alongside classical China in the regard it garners, but contemporary India has been left behind. Until we recognise that, we can’t do much about it.
Stephen P Cohen inspired not just by being a driven scholar, mentor, and institution builder. He inspired by his many sterling human qualities that became apparent as you got to know him.
