A swing state in the time of American disruption
Spaces have opened up for India to enhance its external position. It should move with a carefully crafted strategy.
Some future Shakespeare may well be tempted to refer to the 'Ides of June' while reflecting on the dramatic events last month. Soon after the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, we had two deeply contrasting imaĂÂges on our television screens. One was the deliberate US disruption of the G-7 summit in Toronto (June 7-9, 2018), with Donald Trump insulting his Canadian hosts, repeating his dire threats of penal tariffs against his western allies and, even more provocatively, recommending that Russia, drummed out in 2014 after its occupation of Crimea, be invited back to the grouping. Having left the western alliance in tatters, Trump then proceeded to a Made-for-TV summit with North Korean leader,
