Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: India's A La Carte Minilateralism: AUKUS and the Quad When US President Joe Biden hosted a lavish state visit for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2023, he described US-India relations as among the "most consequential in the world." 1 It seemed that the United States had finally secured India as a strategic partner in the Indo-Pacific, 2 the region at the nexus of contemporary great power rivalry.Washington's overtures toward Delhi fit into Biden's strategy of working with like-minded states in overlapping coalitions of the willing.India is the world's fifth largest economy-projected to be third by the late-2020s 3 -and is already the most populous nation.Modi's visit was portrayed as a resounding success in the American and Indian press, with several business and military deals signed.Yet little had changed in strategic terms.India had no intention of giving up its traditional stance of "strategic autonomy," and remained cautious about cultivating overly friendly ties with the US.From India's point of view, Washington's expanding military presence in the Indo-Pacific and minilateral frameworks like AUKUS
Source: The Washington Quarterly
Authors: Sarah Tzinieris, Rishika Chauhan, Eirini Athanasiadou
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4389959502