The spectacle of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin laughing and holding hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in the Chinese city of Tianjin last week should come as no surprise.

Their interest in creating and leading a multipolar world order is just one among several reasons their alliance is taking shape. However, it is not clear whether it was indeed President Donald Trump who pushed India into Russia’s and China’s embrace, and the bigger question is how Israel fits into this diplomatic puzzle, especially since India is perhaps Israel’s second most important strategic ally.

Oshrit Birvadker, an expert on India’s foreign policy and security, a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strate

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