Sorry bucko, noone outside thirdworldist echochambers shares your alarmist babble. Geopolitics by definition is deceptive, diplomatic and self-serving. It also happens in gradation, meaning that thinking in ideological extremes whilst losing sight of strategic objectives and mitigating realities per default leads to wrong conclusions. Turdworldists' rabid dopamine addled brains just can't stop running from happening to happening, constantly looking for news scraps that can be framed in such a way that it confirms their faulty and extreme convictions. Now it's Modi's turn, the man is simply renegotiating his position with Washington aka he hasn't come to terms yet with having to concede on India's previous advangeous and lowkey parasitical position.
There is a dent in the US- India relationship, like so many before have happened. Thats about it. The Trump Administration is re-setting all previous frameworks under the nomer 'Biden did it so it doesn't count, new sheriff in town', and some have more issues accepting this than others. Kind reminder that just 4 weeks ago the buckos were gleefully posting similarly alarmist and gloomy articles on how 'Washington would lose Brussels and Tokyo'. A few days later the oaths of vassalage were renewed, and the usual suspects immediately moved onto greener pastures aka stopped talking about this new undesirable reality.
China and Russia shouldn't be grouped in together anyway, not in any circumstance or context related to India. Those with a bare minimum of historical and geopolitical knowledge know that 1. the Russia- India bond has always ranged from good to excellent, and that 2. the Indian- China relationship cannot move beyond lukewarm due to territorial disputes, historical animosity, geostrategic competition and a hostile Indian population due to a decade of heavy anti-CCP/Congress/Pakistan propaganda on behalf of the Hindutva aligned Modi clique.
India is not (yet) able to sit at the big boy table ergo will play off different states against one another. Furthermore the 7 day war with Pakistan has damaged Modi's image in the eyes of BJP/RSS hardliners. Modi started a war with a neighbour 1/10th of India's GDP, yet backed off as soon as he realized the Pakistani were able to keep pace on the escalation ladder and were not going to budge. Indian grandstanding and showmanship aside, the BJP rank and file actually understand India got nothing out of the May War. Modi is trying to divert that looming discontent, first towards China due to overt Chinese support for the Pakistani, and now onto the US. Modi aligned media claims the US was responsible for prioritizing Pakistan hence backstabbing India. Washington on the other hand is reponding by slowdripping curated information on the war to damage Modi's image domestically (think 7 downed Indian jets, Modi calling Washington to beg for a ceasefire, Modi accepting Washington's ceasefire proposal without consulting the Army and after only 4 hours after Trump gave him 24 hours to think about it, etc.).
Yet the quarreling, fake bravado and yada-yada don't change the chips on the table. India needs the US. Indian politics only goes as far the next election cycle, and the US is by far the biggest player in Indian politics. Modi does not want to risk the Trump Administration shifting support to Congress. Modi also needs to balance out the looming Chinese dominance by playing the two of each other, and the US is a very important contributor to economic progress aka political stability aka Modi's political survival. The Indian military is increasingly getting integrated into Transatlantic frameworks and defence mechanisms, and 4 weeks of US sanctions have wiped out 3 years of cheapskating on Russian oil.
Those who believe the US is 'out' or whatever need a reality check. Last thing Modi wants bytheway. Only the heavily propagandized actually believe that a cunning politician like Modi would put all his eggs in a basket herded by Xi just because. Man is simply playing the field, as he should be, partially to gain leverage in the tariff negotiations against Washington. The buckos are once again letting their rabid anti- Americanism and emotional investment cloud their judgement. These people legit never learn. Negotiations are currently ongoing behind the scenes and Modi will sign that tariff document in a few months if not weeks and that will be that.
Picture below is a few days old. Prepare for the schizo-esque and immediate return of anti Indian shilling once that happens, the toll one has to pay for subscribing to this cartoonlishly simple worldview.
