Аннотация:In 2018, India's foreign policy was characterised by two opposing trends.The pro-US approach, which had been a distinguishing feature of India's policy, in particular since the beginning of Narendra Modi's premiership, continued, at least as far as its military aspect was concerned.However, the growing closeness at the military level badly concealed a host of problems which were adversely affecting the New Delhi-Washington connection, mainly as a consequence of US President Donald Trump's protectionist policy.The increasing difficulties characterising the India-US connection provide the backdrop to explaining a cautious but visible reorientation of New Delhi's foreign policy.This was characterised by a readjustment of India's China policy, which resulted in a distinct thawing in relations between the two Asian giants, and by the promotion of the importance of regional alliances and multilateral ententes, such as SCO and RIC (the Russia-India-China entente) -de facto in competition with the Washington-dominated world order.Once all the above has been pointed out, the fact remains that, at the closing of the year under review there was no assurance that New Delhi's reorientation of its foreign policy was something permanent.The problems counterpoising India to China remained huge and far from being resolved, the most important among them being China's will to become the new hegemon in Asia, and India's determination not to accept a subordinate position vis-à-vis China.
