Why India Should Not Walk Into the China-Russia Trap

New Delhi has other options, and the standoff with Washington may not last.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping appear at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 23, 2024.

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August 27, 2025, 11:11 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

You know a relationship is on the skids when one party refuses to answer the phone. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi did just that recently, according to reports in the German media, when he declined to take a number of calls from U.S. President Donald Trump. This week, Trump turned the simmering tensions into a full crisis by hitting

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