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India-US relations. What does the Indian public think?
By Devesh KapurAshley Tellis
11.05.2007
With the India-United States nuclear deal facing an uncertain future, there has been a spate of analysis on the domestic opposition to the deal from within India. Security hawks and sections of the Bharatiya Janata Party worry that the deal may constrain India’s strategic options in the future. And for India’s Left the most disturbing implication of the deal is that it will bind India more closely to the US.
American and Indian Interests in India's Extended Neighborhood
By Ashley Tellis
06.26.2007
The U.S.-India
relationship has recently undergone a dramatic transformation,
with both countries committing themselves to a global
strategic partnership symbolized most prominently
by the agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation.
This transformation is anchored in a commonality of
values but, equally importantly, in the systemic changes
occurring in the international order, namely, the
rise of China and India as emerging great powers.
The rise of China, against the backdrop of larger
Asian economic and political dynamism, provides strong
strategic motivations for renewed U.S.-Indian collaboration.
In this context, India's relative weakness
vis-a-vis China-an issue that often provides grounds
for many invidious comparisons between the two countries-actually
turns out to be a geopolitical strength as far as
U.S. incentives for partnering with India are concerned.
Peaceful Periphery:
India's New Regional Quest
By C. Raja Mohan
05.24.2007
In two remarkable
recent speeches in New Delhi, India's Foreign Secretary
Shivshankar Menon underlined a significant shift in
India's official discourse on its neighbors, especially
toward Pakistan.
In a speech titled "The
Challenges Ahead for India's Foreign Policy"
and another which analyzed the enduring conflict with
Pakistan, titled "India-Pakistan:
Understanding the Conflict Dynamics," Menon
identified the construction of a "peaceful and
prosperous periphery" as a major national objective.
US-Indian Relations: A New Agenda for a New Era
By Bruce Riedel
04.19.2007
When President
Bush signed the US-India
Civilian Nuclear Agreement on December 18, 2006,
a new era began in the US relationship with India.
It marked the end of a quarter century during which
the nuclear proliferation issue dominated the bilateral
relationship. Now the two largest democracies in the
world can develop a new agenda freed from the burden
of the proliferation issue. The Administration can
count on broad bipartisan support for doing so. The
overwhelming Senate approval (85-12) reflects the
consensus of American foreign policy strategists in
both parties that India will be one of America's most
crucial partners in the twenty-first century. Indeed,
the rapprochement with India began under President
Clinton and is one of the few areas of continuity
in foreign policy between the Clinton and Bush teams.
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