India, April 14 -- As Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri concludes his high-level deliberations with US Under Secretary Jacob Helberg in Washington this week, the official communique reads like a triumph of "Managed Interdependence." India's deepening role in Pax Silica-the US-led techno-security alliance formalized in February 2026-is being framed as the ultimate insurance policy against Chinese supply-chain coercion. For those tracking structural shifts in global power, the meeting signals something far more consequential: the formalization of an Algorithmic Monroe Doctrine.

In 2026, Washington's version is more pervasive. Under the guise of "shared democratic values," the United States is carving out a sphere of cognitive influence over t...