The Blueprint Podcast with Kanwal Sibal

India's former Foreign Secretary, Kanwal Sibal, tells Blueprint why the commonly stated idea of the United States (US) seeing India as a bulwark against China does not reflect India's priorities.

India is 'not a tool in anyone's hands'

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An Indian Navy personnel stands guard during a media preview on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, anchored in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai, India, December 3, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Pakistan Navy's submarine sails past a naval sailing ship during the sea phase of its 9th Multinational Maritime Exercise AMAN-25 in the Arabian Sea near Karachi on February 10 (Photo: Reuters)

Operation Sindoor revealed how maritime power - not missiles or borders - now defines the next phase of the India-Pakistan rivalry

Hot waters - India and Pakistan flex their muscles in the Arabian Sea

The Indian guided-missile destroyer INS Kolkata leaves Sydney Harbour after the conclusion of the Malabar naval exercise in Sydney, Australia, on August 22, 2023 (Photo: Reuters)

A fighter jet of the Indian Navy is ready to take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier (Photo: Indian Navy)

Indian aircraft carriers during an exercise off the Indian west coast (Photo: Indian Navy)

Experts caution India on China's Indo-Pacific moves

Battle for the high seas

Blueprint, India-US relations, Donald Trump, Narendra Modi

An Indian Navy P-8I maritime patrol aircraft

India-US relations, Donald Trump, PM Modi

India plans to acquire US-made Javelin missiles and is eyeing a larger coproductiondeal under the Make inIndia initiative with Raytheonand Lockheed Martin (Photo: Reuters)

US-made Stryker combat vehicles during a patrol.India has explored their acquisition as part of expanding defence cooperation with Washington (Photo: Reuters)

US President Donald Trump's India tariffs could recast bilateral defence relationship

Mohammad Asif Khan

Mohammad Asif Khan

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India is 'not a tool in anyone's hands'

Hot waters - India and Pakistan flex their muscles in the Arabian Sea

Battle for the high seas

A cooling deal - how tariffs affect the future of India-US strategic ties