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Reads the New Delhi meeting as a recalibration after the Trump administration's transactional tone on alliances: by hosting and proposing the IPMSC, India positioned itself as the Quad's organizational centre of gravity, while Rubio's attendance affirmed the US commitment is still there despite America First rhetoric.

“India's dual role, host and proposer, signals New Delhi's bet that the Quad survives US strategic ambiguity and remains the IOR's primary multilateral security frame.”