{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/68d3bf43b443c5f7bcac4965?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"India the new giant: will it be forced to pick a side?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/1758707447421-c16a9fa7-7a0b-426c-a5b3-fe1df6669dce.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, Patrick and Tom turn their attention to India - the world’s most populous country, a rising military power, and a state determined to hold its ground between East and West. As President Xi Jinping courts Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Washington’s ties with Delhi fray, India’s long-cherished “strategic autonomy” is looking increasingly fragile. With Britain’s Prime Minister preparing a visit and global rivalries intensifying, which way might India lean, and what are the stakes here for the West? To explore these questions, Patrick and Tom are joined by a uniquely placed guest: General Manoj Naravane, India’s former Chief of the Army Staff.</p><p><br></p><p>Guest: General Manoj Naravane</p><p>Hosts: Tom Newton Dunn &amp; General Sir Patrick Sanders</p><p>Photo: Getty Images</p><p>Get in touch: generalandjournalist@thetimes.co.uk</p>","author_name":"The Times"}