India’s elections are underway! What does the future hold for the world’s largest democracy? Will the election results impact India-China relations? What about India-US relations?

To discuss, ChinaTalk interviewed Dr. Raja Mohan, Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore.

Co-hosting today is James Crabtree, author of The Billionaire Raj.

We get into:

- What the border disputes between China and India can tell us about the political economy of the two nations;

- The anti-imperial history that frames India-China relations;

- Modi’s election prospects and India’s spirit of democracy;

- What score Biden’s diplomatic team has earned in Southeast Asia;

- Criticisms of Modi and accusations of democratic backsliding;

- Opportunities for friction in the US-India relationship, including Trump tariffs, immigration, and Russia;

- Whether the US is making a “bad bet” on India, and how India is prepared to involve itself during an invasion of Taiwan.

Episode Transcript: https://www.chinatalk.media/p/india-c...

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