With the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) annual summit in Tianjin, China approaching at the end of August, and with it the prospect that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in person, and possibly have a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping—and perhaps even agree to a resumption of the RIC (Russia-India-China) dialogue format—tensions are rising between the U.S. and India.
Last week, after U.S. President Donald Trump had raised the prospect of secondary sanctions on BRICS nations that dared to trade with Russia, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had warned India, China, and Brazil of “consequences” if they didn’t stop. “My encouragement to these three countries, particularly is, if you live now in Beijing, or in Delhi, or you are the President of Brazil, you might want to take a look into this, because this might hit you very hard,” Rutte told reporters.
