CX Daily: Why Modi Won’t Play Cowboys and Indians With Trump, Opting Instead for Strategic Autonomy
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Cover Story: Why Modi Won’t Play Cowboys and Indians With Trump, Opting Instead for Strategic Autonomy
When Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, posed for a photo with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin on Sept. 1, the gesture spoke louder than any speech.
The image — Modi and Putin, shoulder to shoulder — reverberated across global media far beyond its ceremonial significance. It came at a moment when India’s relationship with its longtime partner, the United States, was visibly fraying.

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