Modi to Use Courtship by World Leaders to Aid India’s Growth
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Narendra Modi, who until recently was treated as a pariah by the U.S. and U.K., suddenly finds himself the object of affection of world leaders embroiled in disputes from Ukraine to the South China Sea.
Since winning the biggest Indian electoral mandate in 30 years last week, Prime Minister-designate Modi has spoken twice on the phone with U.S. President Barack Obama, became one of three Twitter users followed by Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and pledged to make relations with Russia “even stronger.” China’s state-run Global Times newspaper published an op-ed column saying he’s likely to be “India’s Nixon.”