The answer isn’t diplomatic support. Given its anti-American orientation, China is unlikely to side with a U.S. ally on the world stage. India for its. . .

A year spent at the Hindu equivalent of Yeshiva University teaches much about the similarities, and the difference, between two ancient traditions.

Between India’s new prime minister and Menachem Begin, there are enough parallels to evoke interest, not least the fear that each was an extremist unfit for power.