European Union leaders attended India's Republic Day parade as guests of honor on Monday, ahead of a long-awaited free trade agreement between New Delhi and Brussels.
The parade featured military bands, cavalry, fighter jets, and displays of India's latest military hardware, including air defense systems used in last year's conflict with Pakistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the occasion as a call to build a developed India.
Donald Trump deserves some of the credit. Without the American president’s nationalist adventurism, his excessive taste for tariffs and his habit of alienating allies, the two big democracies might not have found the courage to strike a deal.
