What were Ashley Tellis' views on India, US, and China?
In his much-discussed 2025 essay “India’s Great-Power Delusions” in Foreign Affairs, Tellis argued that India’s ambitions far exceed its capabilities. New Delhi, he wrote, aspires to become a pole in a multipolar world but remains constrained by slow economic growth, limited military capacity, and weak institutions.
In his much-discussed 2025 essay “India’s Great-Power Delusions” in Foreign Affairs, Tellis argued that India’s ambitions far exceed its capabilities. New Delhi, he wrote, aspires to become a pole in a multipolar world but remains constrained by slow economic growth, limited military capacity, and weak institutions.
