{"id":5830,"date":"2025-09-02T13:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:22:19","slug":"putin-modi-and-xi-a-new-challenge-for-us-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/en\/putin-modi-and-xi-a-new-challenge-for-us-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin, Modi and Xi: a New Challenge for US Foreign Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">The West is concerned about the strengthening alliance between Russia, India and China, which demonstrated clear unity at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/chinese-russian-indian-leaders-pledge-cooperation-in-a-message-to-trump-faae8d0c?mod=hp_lead_pos7\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> notes, the gestures of the leaders of these countries (Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping) are perceived as a challenge to the foreign policy of US President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">Against the backdrop of Washington&#8217;s attempts to sever ties between Moscow, Beijing and New Delhi, the leaders of the trio demonstrated solidarity. According to Michael Fullilove, director of the Lowy Institute (Australia) think tank, \u2018Trump&#8217;s soft treatment of Putin has not distanced Russia from China, while his harsh treatment of Modi, on the contrary, is bringing India closer to Russia and contributing to a warming of its relations with China.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">India has always been looked upon by America as one of the main elements of its policy to balance China&#8217;s Asian predominance. Sino-Indian relations, however, soured from 2020 following border confrontations and a series of economic sources of irritation. <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">Narendra Modi&#8217;s visit to China after seven years was a &#8216;reset&#8217; of bilateral relations and sent out a message to Washington that India values its strategic autonomy. The trip was particularly invoked by Trump&#8217;s decision to impose 50% tariffs on India, partly for importing Russian oil, which angered New Delhi sharply. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/01\/trump-modi-xi-putin-hold-hands-tariffs\">Axios<\/a> notes that the image of the three leaders holding hands is a \u2018symbolic blow\u2019 showing that US attempts to divide its allies have not been successful. <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">Xi Jinping presented an initiative in Tianjin on global governance based on five principles: sovereign equality, compliance with international law, prioritisation of multilateralism, focus on people&#8217;s interests, and emphasis on practical measures. Russia supported this concept. Although the US was not mentioned directly, China called for an \u2018equal and orderly multipolar world\u2019 and a more equitable global economic system.  <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2\">The Trump administration explains the president&#8217;s openness to Putin as a \u2018reverse Kissinger\u2019 strategy, which aims to weaken Moscow&#8217;s dependence on Beijing. However, it is clear that Russia has no intention of abandoning its cooperation with China, which has become a key economic partner since the introduction of Western sanctions. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='Avatar photo' src='https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Simple-Minimalist-Creative-Studio-Logo-150-x-100-px-96x96.png' srcset='https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Simple-Minimalist-Creative-Studio-Logo-150-x-100-px-192x192.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">La R\u00e9daction<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The West is concerned about the strengthening alliance between Russia, India and China, which demonstrated clear unity at&hellip;","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[48],"class_list":{"0":"post-5830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-geopolitics","7":"tag-articles-en","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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