DELHI, India—Dealing with regional rival China will be a key component of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term in office, experts say, made evident by his choice of people for key foreign relations positions.
“Both our current foreign secretary and the foreign minister are China experts, so it is clear who is the focus of this government,” said Jayadev Ranade, a former senior officer with India’s foreign intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing, and a China expert. Modi’s foreign affairs minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and foreign secretary, Vijay Gokhale, have both served as India’s ambassador to China in the past.
