President Donald Trump recently made headlines, yet again. This time he criticised ‘friend and ally’ India on something that sounded insignificant and yet struck at the core of how foreign policy is being reinvented. Other than by the Americans.
In Trump’s view, Indian assistance for building a “library” in Afghanistan was a colossal waste of resources, both time and money. What he had hoped for was direct Indian military involvement in the actual fight against terrorism.
It is worth recalling that over decades, in several countries, the instruments of foreign policy have undergone a. . .