India-US Entente: A Russian Perspective

... this standpoint goes, the central place in the emergent mega-region is assigned to the ASEAN nations rather than the U.S. Obviously, India will not give up on fostering closer ties with its numerous partners in the Asia-Pacific... ... this will be the case regardless of developments and the final outcome of the U.S.–China confrontation. This cooperation follows its own logic and has its own dynamics, which are independent of external factors. Therefore, Russia should consider a more open and more empathetic approach to the New Delhi “Indo-Pacific” narrative than the one that Moscow articulates now. First published...