Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time on Chinese soil in seven years at the recent Shanghai Cooperation Summit in Tianjin. Burned by Trump’s 50 percent tariffs, and offended by his claims to have resolved the recent clash with Pakistan, India is seeking to put aside past tensions over border disputes and develop a closer relationship with both China and Russia. And Modi’s move fits perfectly into China’s plan to assert itself as a more attractive – and more stable - global leader than the USA. 

• Guest: Mary Gallagher, professor of global affairs and the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. 
• Producer: Catherine Zengerer