Andrew Latham

Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi in May. India is still part of this bloc with the US, Australia and Japan, but runs its own foreign policy when its interests do not align with Washington's.

What is ‘strategic autonomy’ – and why is everyone suddenly reaching for it?

Countries are staying within US-led security and economic orders, but want wiggle room in their participation