Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Russian leader Vladimir Putin as a “friend” while his government moved to bolster relations with China, another sign the South Asian nation is tilting away from the US in the face of Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

Favoring "deals over deterrence" will damage U.S. alliances and embolden Beijing, says Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China to attend the SCO summit talks in September. He is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit.

From US President Donald Trump brokering a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to China making overtures to India ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with President Xi Jinping,

Under the proposed Russian deal, Kyiv would fully withdraw from the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions in return for a Russian pledge to freeze the front lines in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, the sources said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been moving to align India with the United States and freeze out China. Now, efforts to rebuild ties between the Asian giants are gaining momentum.

At Trump’s disposal as commander in chief is the U.S. Navy’s fleet of 68 nuclear submarines. Fourteen are Ohio class armed with 7,500 mile range Trident ballistic missiles. Four are able to carry up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles with a 1,000 mile range . Fifty are attack boats carrying torpedoes and cruise missiles.

Putin, 71, and Xi, 70, will participate in a gala celebration marking 75 years since the Soviet Union first recognized the People's Republic of China.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, the junior partner in the 'no limits' relationship with China's Xi Jinping, visits Beijing. What does each man want?

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