In an article titled “Narendra Modi Bolsters India’s Ties With U.S., Thanks (Partly) to Donald Trump”, written by Gardiner Harris and Coral Davenport and carried by The New York Times, the journalists remark that:
“The news media in India has extensively chronicled comments by Mr. Trump that critics have said were racist, his “America First” views and his unorthodox campaign. While Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has said little about India, his vows to tighten immigration policies worry Indian officials. “Modi wants to get as much as he can out of Obama’s last months in office,” said Ashley J. Tellis, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.”
As a result, the authors write that, among a slew of other agreements:
“The two countries finalized a deal that allows their forces to help each other with crucial supplies, and the United States formally recognized India as a major defense partner, which should allow India to buy some of the most sophisticated equipment in the United States arsenal. India’s increasing willingness to form military partnerships with the United States is, in part, a result of its deepening worries about China.”
Fyodor Voitolovsky, Deputy Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Science (studio guest); Boris Volkhonsky, Head of the Asian Section, at the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies; and Manish Chand, CEO & Editor-in-Chief of India Writes Network commented on the issue.
