Dhruva Jaishankar, Executive Director, Observer Research Foundation America, was Quoted in an article titled “U.S. pulling India closer to West as strategic interests converge” by Gabriel Dominguez of Japan Times:
“U.S. is currently being pulled in multiple directions at the same time amid the war in Ukraine, a crisis in the Middle East and tensions with China over Taiwan and the South China Sea.
In this context, it makes sense for Washington to help improve the defense capabilities of India amid hopes that the South Asian nation can develop into a regional counterweight to China."