How US-Russia ties affect India

The stagnation in US-Russia relations does not augur well for New Delhi's strategic interests. It's a throwback to the Cold War, when India had to choose between the two countries

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Sochi earlier this week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, underscoring a renewed outreach by the Donald Trump administration to establish friendlier relations with Russia. US President Trump has also announced he will meet with Mr Putin at a G20 summit in Japan next month.

Though unpredictability has been the hallmark of Mr Trump’s foreign policies, there has been a method to his madness in so far as his Russia policy is concerned. Mr Trump has been trying to reset the troubled US-Russia relationship, possibly not only to thwart further strengthening of