India’s place in America’s world under the Biden presidency: decoding the China factor

ABSTRACT

The key strategic challenge facing India is Beijing’s growing propensity to use coercive measures vis-à-vis New Delhi. As global geopolitics has entered the most uncertain phase, India’s strategic embrace of the United States is becoming clearly visible. Notwithstanding New Delhi’s attachment to the notion of strategic autonomy, the Pakistan factor, the Russia factor and the US exit from Afghanistan, China’s assertive actions have allowed India and the US to intensify their relationship. The article argues that despite some differences, the Biden administration is likely to continue the Trump administration’s policy of placing India at the centre of its Indo-Pacific strategy.

KEYWORDS:

• Indo-Pacific
• The Quad
• Narendra Modi
• Donald Trump
• Joseph Biden
• China
• democracy

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