{"id":6693,"date":"2026-10-21T06:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/?p=6693"},"modified":"2026-10-21T06:28:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:28:52","slug":"rubio-in-jamnagar-and-the-power-of-capital-in-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/rubio-in-jamnagar-and-the-power-of-capital-in-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio in Jamnagar, and the power of capital in diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By C. Raja Mohan<br \/>\nOct 21, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;\">The significance of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio&#8217;s visit to the Reliance refinery in Jamnagar on Wednesday will extend beyond the familiar debate over India-US relations. Jamnagar offers a window into India\u2019s complex energy politics that have shaped Delhi\u2019s recent engagement with Washington, Moscow and Tehran.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;\">Rubio\u2019s interaction with the Tatas and Adanis in Mumbai and his talks with Mukesh Ambani in Jamnagar also highlight the growing connection between the Indian capital and the nation\u2019s foreign policy. As Indian companies acquire greater economic weight and wider global reach, they are becoming an important part of India\u2019s diplomatic arsenal, much like in other large nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message\" style=\"margin: 12.0pt 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;\">The relationship between American business and foreign policy was captured in the adage: \u2018what is good for General Motors is good for America\u2019. General Motors no longer occupies the commanding position it once did, but the principle remains relevant. American finance and technology companies loom large in US foreign policy today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/rubio-jamnagar-trump-iran-russia-strait-hormuz-adani-ambani-tata-10929172\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By C. Raja Mohan Oct 21, 2026 The significance of  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6695,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693\/revisions\/6695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/mjias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}