China, India Détente Complicates U.S. Strategy in Asia, Say Analysts

U.S. President Joe Biden bids farewell to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the end of the Quadrilateral Summit at the Archmere Academy in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 21, 2024. Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP

The U.S. State Department has been noticeably quiet in the week since India and China agreed to a partial troop pullback from their contested border in the Himalayas, saying only that they are “closely following these developments.”

Most likely, the White House is still trying to figure what impact the deal will have on New Delhi’s relations with Washington and whether this points to a more substantive Indian shift away from the United States towards China.

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