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Trump’s hard-power world has exposed India’s economic dependencies

Donald Trump has changed the rules of the global game. A previously confidently rising India finds itself in a spot.

In a rules-based world, or in a world where soft power has currency, India matters. It has the largest population. It has a sizeable economy. It is a democracy. It has the accumulated wisdom of an ancient civilisation. However, in a world stripped of rules and run on the basis of hard power alone, India goes from being an important middle power to a rather more middling power. Donald Trump has changed the rules of the global game. A previously confidently rising India has found itself in a spot.

In Trump’s new world, there is only one superpower. America’s strength is underwritten by its massive economy, cutting-edge technological prowess, awesome military might and self-sufficiency in energy. China, its only near rival, is catching up in terms of economy and technology. Its military capability is further behind. Crucially, it lacks energy self-sufficiency. Around 70 per cent of its oil and gas requirement is imported. That is a chip in the armour in the world of hard power. It isn’t surprising, therefore, that in the matter of exercising hard........

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