The red carpet has been laid out on the tarmac, and the silverware is ready as Washington gears up to host Prime Minister Narendra Modi on what is set to be his first state visit to the US, months ahead of the general election back home. PM Modi, whose party has plunged head-first into an election year, is visiting New York and Washington at a time when the geopolitical order is in a flux. The war in Ukraine continues with no end in sight, China-US ties have never been so fraught and New Delhi has on its hands an unprecedented…