Lisa Curtis, Senior Fellow and Director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at CNAS and a former senior official in the first Trump administration, delivered the starkest assessment. “The US-India relationship is probably in the worst shape it’s been in in almost 25 years,” she said.

Over the last decade, India has drawn ever closer to the United States, tentatively aligning itself with Washington as it continues to eschew formal alliances. This approach has paid off, securing U.S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a two-day visit to India, his first trip to the country since 2021. Putin is set to hold formal talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and have a state dinner with President Droupadi Murmu.

US media outlets cast Russian President Vladimir Putin's arrival in New Delhi as a pivotal moment in India's foreign policy calculus, with coverage centring on the Modi government's attempt to preserve its deep strategic partnership with Moscow while navigating acute pressure from Washington.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. India is having its moment this August as president of the UN Security Council. For decades, the permanent members of the Security Council ...

President Vladimir Putin was greeted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday (December 4) at the start of the Russian leader's two-day state visit.

The Trump administration, which crippled Russia’s oil sales to India with sanctions, will be watching Mr. Putin’s talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.