India’s ‘Peaceful Coexistence’ With China ‘Long Gone’: Expert

India's Minister of  External Affairs  Subrahmanyam  Jaishankar (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a joint news conference at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan in New Delhi on July 28, 2021. Jonathan Ernst/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Washington and New Delhi are deepening their relationship, as both countries face growing threats posed by an increasingly assertive Beijing.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 28 to discuss “Indo-Pacific engagement, shared regional security interests, [and] shared democratic values.”