The rise and the fall of Indo-US ties

After failing to bully China through unfair trade and tariff measures, the US led Donald Trump is now attempting to pressure India by imposing various measures aimed at weakening its economy.

- Bhabani Shankar Nayak

These actions also threaten India’s independent foreign policy, as the US seeks to undermine India for refusing to fall in line with its imperialist strategies of global dominance that envision India as a junior partner. The history of India-US relations shows that the US has consistently acted against India’s national interests. It has never been a truly committed friend of India—or of any other country, for that matter. Instead, it uses other nations as tools to sustain its declining hegemony in global affairs.