Putin’s visit challenges Washington’s assumptions about Delhi’s reliability, forcing the US to consider alternative partnerships across South Asia India’s red-carpet reception for Vladimir Putin this week has sent ripples through Washington. The optics were impossible to ignore: As the Russian pres»»»

President Vladimir Putin’s first visit to New Delhi since the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the clearest sign of India’s determination to balance between bolstering its long-standing defence ties with Moscow and managing trade tensions with the United States, according to analysts.On Thursday, Put»»»