India-Russia ties will be tested under Trump 2.0

New Delhi cannot rest hopes on Washington dialing down tensions with Moscow

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Indian Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar attends a panel during the annual Munich Security Conference in February 2020. © Reuters

Chietigj Bajpaee is senior fellow for South Asia at Chatham House, an international affairs think tank in London.

India is betting that Donald Trump's return to the White House will offer New Delhi some breathing room with a more conciliatory U.S. approach towards Russia, and reduce scrutiny of its own relationship with Moscow.

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