Is India Taking Advantage of America?

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In its geopolitical struggle with China, the thinking goes, the United States can rely on India as a key partner. Longtime U.S. policymaker and India analyst Ashley Tellis disagrees: He argues that New Delhi is likely to do only what serves its interests, and that Washington should beware. Is he right? Tellis debates FP Live host Ravi Agrawal. Suggested reading: Ashley Tellis: America’s Bad Bet on India C. Raja Mohan: For Biden and Modi, Interests Prevail Over Ideology Rishi Iyengar: Why India and the U.S. Are Closer Than Ever Sushant Singh: Modi Can’t Look Away From Manipur Ramachandra Guha: The Cult of Modi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.0	Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy's editor-in-chief.
1:05.6	This is FP Live.
1:16.8	Welcome to the show. So, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Washington this week.
1:23.9	Modi has been here before, but it's his first state visit. The India-U.S. relationship is obviously important. Successive U.S. presidents have described how they think the partnership
1:28.9	could be a defining one for the 21st century. But sometimes the rhetoric can also go a bit far.
1:35.2	You'll hear politicians and TV anchors trotting out familiar platitudes this week about how
1:40.8	India and the United States are the world's two biggest democracies and uniquely
1:45.7	share values and interests in an otherwise turbulent and rocky world order. Some of that
1:51.9	rhetoric feels a little bit dated today. It feels like it's run its way into a heavy dose of
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