The announcement on renewed nuclear cooperation with the US marks a significant diplomatic upside for India, in what was otherwise a rather concessionary first interaction for Indian government officials with the tariff-obsessed new administration in Washington, DC. There are perhaps three clear gains from New Delhi’s perspective. The commitment stated by both sides to “fully realise” the US-India 123 Civil Nuclear Agreement is a realistic admission of the lack of progress so far, and of the need to leverage the gains of the Indo-US nuclear deal, two decades after it was signed. Story continues below this ad Large scale localisation...