There are many discussions within the United States, including renowned strategic scholars, legislators, and former officials, about whether the U.S. has lost India? Why is the U.S. "forcing" India to tilt towards China?
The U.S. is no longer the same country it was 20 years ago that followed the wind. The two main agendas of Trump 2.0 so far are to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict and to strengthen the U.S. itself. For seven months, the U.S. has invested a lot of effort into these two issues.
At the same time, India's role is somewhat awkward, as the U.S. believes India has not played a constructive role in these two agendas. Therefore, the value of India as an "Indo-Pacific partner" has not been considered by Trump and his core team.
In fact, those in the U.S. who advocate that the U.S. cannot "lose" India are mostly scholars, officials, legislators, etc., who are involved in work related to India or the Indo-Pacific strategy. They are consciously maintaining their own value, not really caring about India.
For India, the mindset is also very contradictory. If the U.S. is no longer "loving" it, then whom should it turn to? China? China makes India both love and fear, with fear possibly being more dominant. Russia? Russia may make India feel good, because Russia is currently investing more, aiming to more closely "bind" India, but it hasn't reached the stage where conditions are set. India probably has such expectations.
Therefore, in the short term, the tripartite relationship between China, India, and Russia, as well as multilateral mechanisms such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, will face an opportunity period.
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