Modi’s Tianjin visit is a mirror of India’s domestic decline
These domestic failures—breeding economic inequality, tepid growth, poor research and development, low productivity and declining manufacturing—eventually constrain India's international leverage, forcing reactive diplomacy disguised as strategic autonomy.
5 September, 2025•7 min
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