Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron.

France and India have for decades developed a strong partnership grounded in strategic affinities and a shared preference for a multipolar international order. Though the U.S. has tended to be rather suspicious of this relationship, it should reconsider its view, as it actually serves Washington’s broader interests.

A giant billboard of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Ayodhya on Monday to ceremonially open a controversial Hindu temple, the latest illustration of the ties between Modi and India’s Hindu nationalist movement.