There is No Time to Waste on Partisan Electoral Politics

Much of this turbulence has been generated by the election of Donald Trump as POTUS. Trump has lost no time in making it clear that he expects every one—allies, friends, neighbours—to bend down on their knees.

- Pushpesh Pant Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

in Indo-American trade. However, not much space for manoeuvring is available to India. We will be constrained to import more oil and gas from the US and this is bound to impact our strategic relationship with Russia and already shrunken ties with Iran. There is a limit to arm-twisting that Trump can risk with China and it is not beyond the realm of possibility that the two will cut a deal at the cost of the rest to protect and further their vital interest.