The visit of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to New Delhi marks a signal of the Trump administration’s approach to its relations with India, as indeed to the Indo-Pacific region. Yet even as the visit served to reaffirm bilateral warmth, it left open deeper questions about the durability of U.S. strategic commitment to the region, particularly amid growing perceptions that Washington may be quietly recalibrating its Indo-Pacific posture. This Ambassadors’ Round Table will bring together senior diplomats to assess what Rubio’s visit reveals about the current state of U.S.-India relations, the institutional resilience of the Quad, and whether the Trump administration’s regional engagement reflects a coherent strategic vision or an exercise in managed ambiguity.
