'US a lonelier power': EAM Jaishankar takes shot at Trump's radical policies
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stated that the U.S. has become a 'lonelier power' due to radical policy shifts, while noting the rise of China as a major global competitor. He suggested India is positioned to rise in the global hierarchy by bypassing traditional industrialization paths.
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This provides insight into India's strategic foreign policy perspective on the shifting balance of power between the U.S. and China.
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the global landscape was being shaped by a “radical repositioning” of the United States and the rise of China, while asserting that India has the potential to move rapidly up the global power hierarchy in the coming years.Speaking at the Munich Leaders Meeting in New Delhi, Jaishankar said the US had “deliberately become a lonelier power” as part of a chosen change in its posture.“No one in the room would disagree with the fact that the landscape today is primarily marked by a radical repositioning of the United States.
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