The U.S.-India Relationship: Strategic Partnership Or Complementary Interests?

This monograph examines the U.S.-India security relationship and argues that significant differences in their worldviews precludes the development of a strong strategic relationship at present. However, India's continued economic and military growth, as well as its ongoing commitment towards secularism and democracy, makes it a future ally towards establishing strategic stability in Asia and in assisting future nation-building efforts across the globe. In the short run, therefore, the relationship should be based on securing complementary interests: ensuring stability in the Indian Ocean; democracy across the world; and getting the Indian government to work proactively to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their associated systems.

• • Author: Amit Gupta, Strategic Studies Institute
• • Publisher: Lulu.Com
• • Publication Date: Jul 01, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 55 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1312322799
• • ISBN-13: 9781312322790