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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the Samachar Dwishatabdi celebrations of Mumbai Samachar, the Gujarati daily newspaper, at BKC on June 14, 2022 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the Iconic Week celebrations. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta with BJP party candidate Rajesh Bhatia flash the victory sign on June 6, 2022 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity in Tokyo on May 23, 2022. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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A man looks on at a snow-covered security checkpoint that marks the entrance to Logar province, beyond the southern gate on January 17, 2022 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends COP26 on November 02, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends on day three of COP26 on November 02, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
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Taliban fighters in a vehicle patrol the streets of Kabul on August 23, 2021 (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 13, 2019. (Photo by Zhang Ling/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Experts
Aparna Pande
Research Fellow, India and South Asia
