This article was written for The Diplomat by IWP doctoral candidate Saba Sattar.
Since President-elect Joe Biden won a contentious election in which the incumbent Donald Trump refused to concede until after the Capitol Hill riots last week that left 5 dead, his top cabinet appointees have signaled a unifying approach to partnerships and alliances in lieu of Trump’s “America First” rhetoric. Within a week of the election, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted about Biden’s “spectacular victory,” and pledged to work “closely together once again to take India-U.S. relations to greater heights.”