How Pakistan’s Crypto Diplomacy Won Over Donald Trump
After 25 years of careful, concerted effort between their strategic and foreign affairs communities, India-US relations have faced significant strain in recent months. While certain fundamental areas of contention contribute to it, such as India’s reservations on opening up certain sectors to American trade and the US’s unease over India’s continued purchase of Russian crude oil since the war in Ukraine, the bilateral relationship hit a major stumbling block after the intense four-day India-Pakistan military conflict in May 2025.
The most publicised aspect of this rift was the contradicting versions coming from the American and Indian camps on Trump’s claim that he leveraged impending trade deal discussions with…
