Is Washington Making a Bad Bet on India?

Chris, Zack, and Melanie get together to discuss Ashley Tellis’s
newest article, “America’s Bad Bet on India.” Tellis argues that
if America thinks India will fight on its side in a conflict with
China, “Washington’s expectations of India are misplaced….New
Delhi will never involve itself in any U.S. confrontation with
Beijing that does not directly threaten its own security.” Should
the United States expect the world’s largest democracy to come to
its aid if there is a conflict with China over Taiwan? What does
New Delhi want out of its relationship with Washington? Will
India’s democratic backsliding affect its relationship with the
United States? Chris has a shoutout for Dr. Jennifer Lind for an
article well done, Zack has complaints about the overreaction to
news of Cuba possibly hosting a Chinese spy base, and Melanie
congratulates War on the Rocks friend Will Inboden on his new
post.


 


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