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India re-engages with China-led SCO bloc, signaling strategic hedging

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India has re-engaged with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a bloc largely influenced by China and Russia, after a period of reduced participation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the recent summit, standing alongside leaders like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. This move is seen by analysts as India's strategy to hedge against an unpredictable United States and to counterbalance China's dominance within the SCO, even as it maintains a somewhat distant stance. AI

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India re-engages with China-led SCO bloc, signaling strategic hedging

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Maria Siow ·

    ‘Aloof’ but engaged: what India’s SCO comeback reveals

    Two years ago, Narendra Modi skipped the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) summit in Astana entirely, sending his foreign minister instead. That absence was redressed first at last year’s summit in Tianjin and again this week in Kyrgyzstan, where India’s prime minister st…

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