The new India-US dynamic

Washington takes a big bet on India

The high note on which India concluded the G20 summit on September 10 was the result in no small measure of greater harmony in India-US relations. India’s success in shaping a consensus on the Leaders’ Declaration against all expectations was substantially the result of a decision by the US-led G7 to soften its stance on references to the Ukraine war from the stronger language of the Bali Declaration a year ago. Though the paragraphs on Ukraine largely followed the red lines laid down by China and Russia, the G7’s compromise ensured the success of India’s “coming out party” on the