India's importance to U.S. grand strategy -- The security imperative -- Political engagement -- Economic interaction -- Conclusion
Summary
This paper defines and articulates U.S. interests in the relationship with India looking forward. It does not directly consider India's interests, India's possible reactions to the definition of U.S. interests offered here or the policies through which the United States would pursue these interests. Nor are the concerns of other powers taken into account. The argument recognizes that the vision of U.S. interests expressed here entails a highly ambitious agenda for both governments. It does not attempt to assess the feasibility of that agenda in the near or long term. But a corollary to the paper's central proposition is that building a comprehensive and committed strategic partnership with India is a task of some urgency, especially given that reaching the goal would take a decade or two. The rapidly shifting international environment toward a more multi polar system requires this partnership, and the advances in India-U.S. relations over the past decade make a truly strategic partnership possible
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