After a whirlwind swing through Asia, US President Donald Trump leaves the region with greater uncertainty than ever about the future of America’s relationship with China — the central axis of global politics today. Trump’s own description of his summit with Xi Jinping as a “G-2” encounter will heighten anxiety among America’s allies and partners that Washington is drifting toward a “China-first” and “business-foremost” policy in Asia.

India, like the rest of the region, will now have to adapt to a new phase in US-China relations — a dynamic equilibrium between competition and cooperation between the world’s foremost economic and military powers. As Trump’s trade-driven strategy begins to reorder the region, Delhi must re-examine long-held assumptions about American purpose, Chinese amb

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