When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the White House in February 2025, the visit was a grand affair, full of pomp and circumstance. It also yielded tangible results, including a new understanding on defense cooperation between Washington and New Delhi, a shared commitment to expand bilateral trade, and the launch of a new partnership on artificial intelligence and advanced technology. The Indo-American partnership, in other words, seemed to be going strong.
But that was then, and this is now. Ties between Washington and New Delhi have deteriorated dramatically since, for both political and economic reasons.
