External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday said the United States has undergone a fundamental shift in the way it engages with the world over the past year, with technology emerging as a central driver of that transformation.
Addressing the Carnegie Global Tech Summit 2025 in New Delhi, Jaishankar said: “US has fundamentally changed its approach to engaging the world, and it has consequences across every domain but the tech consequences, I believe, would be particularly profound, and it will be profound not just because the US is the largest economy, the main driver, in a way, of global tech advancements, but also because it’s very clear that Tech has a big role in making America great again. So there is a connection between MAGA and tech, which perhaps was not so clear between 2016 and 2020.”
Jaishankar also addressed geopolitical developments beyond the US, noting China’s steady technological and strategic rise. “The evolution of China’s global role over the past year may not seem dramatic, but it represents a significant unfolding of events,” he said. “At the same time, Europe—once positioned in an optimal geopolitical triangle with the US, Russia, and China—is now facing stress on every side of that triangle.”
Injecting a touch of humour into the serious discourse, Jaishankar quipped about the summit’s themes: “Of course, we’re here to talk about the big ‘T’—technology. But we’re also here to talk about the other ‘T’—tariffs. And it’s important to reflect on the growing connection between the two.”
Reflecting on the summit’s theme, Sambhavna (possibilities), Jaishankar said it encapsulated India’s outlook on the changing global order. “In the context of the geo-tech landscape, ‘possibilities’ is an apt theme. And when we speak of change and technology, it is only natural to begin with the United States,” he concluded.
(With ANI inputs)
