India’s Alignment with U.S. Technology Alliance Masks Deeper Strategic Compromises

India’s recent decision to join the U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative, aimed at securing semiconductor and advanced technology supply chains away from China, appears on the surface as a positive step toward strengthening alliances within the Indo-Pacific. However, beneath this diplomatic progress lies a more complex reality exposing Washington’s concessions to New Delhi’s contradictory actions. The move arrives after months of diplomatic friction caused by India’s unabated importation of discounted Russian crude—an energy lifeline New Delhi portrays as essential for managing inflation and protecting consumers. While President Trump announced tariff reductions and removal of punitive levies on Indian goods contingent upon...