Foreign policy | The vishwa mitra
Despite Trumpian setbacks and isolation over its military response to Pakistan, India has held its ground, widening its outreach while continuing its engagement with world superpowers
Until his most trusted ally—the United States under Donald Trump—let him down, Narendra Modi had been on a remarkable run on the global stage, confidently steering India from non-alignment to multi-alignment. The world had begun to take notice, even acknowledging its soft power, with the recognition of June 21 as International Yoga Day. Modi has made 95 visits to 78 countries, the most by any Indian PM, in which time he has engaged with three American presidents—Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden—nurtured India’s long-standing relationship with Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, and is even seeking to recalibrate ties with China’s Xi Jinping in the wake of Trump’s bruising trade wars, despite intense anti-China sentiment following the 2020 Galwan clash.