The arrest of Indian-origin strategist Ashley Tellis in the United States for allegedly retaining classified defence documents is more than a case of legal transgression; it is a sobering reminder of how fragile the architecture of strategic trust has become in an age of blurred loyalties and global entanglements.
Lindsey Halligan, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, also issued a statement, saying that Tellis was “arrested over the weekend and charged by criminal complaint with the unlawful retention of national defense information.”
India's foreign policy has once again come under critical American scrutiny with Ashley Tellis’ article, “India’s Great Power Delusions,” published recently in the Foreign Affairs journal.
