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Strictly speaking, IMEEC is not a corridor. A corridor implies goods travelling from a source to a market over a vast territory that contributes a pathway but no significant value addition. BRI is such a corridor. It is essentially a one-nation narrative – that of Chinese manufacturing seeking market access in distant countries. In contrast, […]

“What Modi has demonstrated, and what the U.S. is leaning into, is a leader who is willing to make bets on the future of the country,” Nirav Patel, the chief executive of the Asia Group and deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific under President Barack Obama, said in an interview. “The diplomatic as well as political stability that Modi enjoys allows this relationship to be more fruitful, and Biden has leaned into that.”

Space and space exploration have “always evoked a lot of interest in Prime Minister Modi personally,” he said.