The pattern is clear—he’s using American power not to help Americans but to shield foreign authoritarians from justice.

The vice president, long a skeptic of US military intervention, is the rare figure in the administration who can appeal to both the realist and hawkish wings of the GOP.

Over the past quarter century, few countries have commanded as much sustained attention from U.S. foreign policy officials as has India. Since the George W. Bush administration, the United States has placed India not just at the heart of its approach to Asia but at the center of its global strategy.