India’s Strategic Autonomy Is Now Reading as Aloof

Why 2025 has been Modi's most difficult foreign-policy year.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi waits Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, on Sept. 9. November 26, 2025, 12:01 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Nothing captures India’s long-standing commitment to strategic autonomy more than the country hosting the leaders of three major global powers—Russia, China, and possibly the United States—in short succession. Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to visit India in December, making it his first visit to the country since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to be in India next year when the country h

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