India’s intensive round of great-power diplomacy at the end of 2010 was marked by two seemingly contradictory features. It was the culmination of India’s post-Cold War diplomacy of ‘multi-alignment’ that replaced its earlier emphasis on non-alignment. But it also underlined the unmistakable emergence of a triangular dynamic with Washington and Beijing. This Strategic Snapshot examines the prospects of the emerging strategic triangle between India, China and the United States.
India, China and the United States: Asia’s emerging strategic triangle
A sense of closeness and importance has been injected into Indo-US ties because of China's growing presence in the world. The interdependence of Delhi-Beijing-Washington relations is a recent phenomenon that has become visible as Indo-US interests on a variety of issues appear similar and distinct from China's.