Will Biden’s Best Salesman Charm India Into The Arms Of The US?

Biden's best salesman, US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan, has been sent to try to charm India into the arms of the US.

US President Joe Biden’s administration is working overtime to give top billing to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official state visit to the US from June 21 to 24 in a key election campaign year. The visit will be Modi’s sixth to the US since he assumed office in 2014.

Biden wants to present Modi’s upcoming trip as being bigger than the Indian premier’s Manhattan moment in 2014 when he was hosted by Barack Obama, and Howdy, Modi! in 2019 during the Trump administration.

To that end Biden sent his trusted aide, US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan, to New Delhi on a two-day trip on Tuesday, to lay the groundwork for the high-profile event, and build upon last week’s visit to India by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.  

Prominent Indian geopolitical commentator, C Raja Mohan, has suggested that Sullivan’s visit may pav...

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