Really solid curation work here. The detail about Doval's Sept meeting with Rubio was especially intresting - that calculated bet on outlasting Trump's term while keeping channels open shows how much India's diplomatic game has matured. I've seen similar plays in corporate negotiatons, where patience and strategic timing matter more than immediate capitulation. The fact that they got tariffs down to 18% whle scrapping the Russian oil penalty suggests the backroom work paid off big time.
Really solid curation work here. The detail about Doval's Sept meeting with Rubio was especially intresting - that calculated bet on outlasting Trump's term while keeping channels open shows how much India's diplomatic game has matured. I've seen similar plays in corporate negotiatons, where patience and strategic timing matter more than immediate capitulation. The fact that they got tariffs down to 18% whle scrapping the Russian oil penalty suggests the backroom work paid off big time.