Modi begins to rejig power relations

Repairing Ties, Regaining Trust

- C RAJA MOHAN

IN BARELY THREE days, India has set in motion a significant diplomatic effort to rearrange its great-power relations amid the turbulence unleashed over the last six months by US President Donald Trump.

Tokyo and Tianjin, two cities Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited in the last few days, could not be more different, geopolitically. Tokyo, the capital of Japan, has been one of Washington's closest allies since the Second World War. Tianjin, a port city that once served imperial Beijing, now represents China's rise as a challenger to American primacy in Asia and beyond.