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India Must Re-enter the Argument Over 1945

The Trump-Xi summit in Washington last week included a joint affirmation of US-China wartime partnership, prompting unease in Tokyo and a sharp response from Taipei and reopening the question of who gets to define the post-1945 order in Asia. This opinion piece argues that China and the US are weaponizing the historical memory of WWII-particularly the "San Francisco System"-to legitimize their current geopolitical contest…