27 February 2023

India’s Radical Reimagination: No More Bandwagoning, for Real

Yogesh Joshi

India has historically been averse to balance of power politics, but not for ideological, moralistic, or even principled reasons. The 2020 Galwan crisis was thus an inflection point when India realized the conditions for bandwagoning no longer applied, and began to abandon the strategy with surprising ease, embracing the logic of balancing China and aligning closely with the US.

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