Why India Is Wary of the U.S.

Why India Is Wary of the U.S.

As the United States “pivots” toward the Asia-Pacific in the coming years, policymakers in Washington will find themselves faced with a much more complex set of challenges than those of a continent – Europe – that shares the cultural, historical, and religious heritage of the United States. While China has already taken center stage as the United States’ next adversary, there’s broad bi-partisan hope that the United States can secure India as a regional economic actor and provider of security across the broader Indian Ocean region so that New Delhi can become the United States’ key security partner in the region.

But for the next president – whether it be Barack Obama embarking on a term or the Republican’s presumptive front runner Mitt Romney taking the White House – India will prove both frustrating, yet too important to ignore.

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