India-US Relations : Addressing the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century

Contents: Preface. List of abbreviations. I. Overview: 1. This strategic partnership: Addressing the challenges of the twenty-first century/M. Rasgotra. 2. A Global partnership/Shivshankar Menon. II. General trends in Indo-US Relations: 3. Indo-US Relations: The trend lines/C. Raja Mohan. 4. Systemic compulsions in India - US Relations/C. Uday Bhaskar. III. Growing Indo-US commercial linkages: 5. Indo-US relations in the post-sanctions era/G. Balachandran. 6. Indo-US trade relations: A strategic approach/ Manoj Pant. IV. Nuclear world order and WMD non-proliferation: 7. The NPT, United Nations, WMD and the future of non-proliferation/Raja Menon. 8. Today\'s global proliferation challenges: some thoughts on potential India-US Cooperation/Lewis A. Dunn. V. Developments in West and Central Asia: 9. The Middle East: Non-parallel arena of Indo-US ties/P.R. Kumaraswamy. 10. New strategic environment in Central Asia: An Indian perspective/Meena Singh Roy. 11. Central Asia, the United States and India: Looking ahead/R. Grant Smith. VI. Developments in South Asia: 12. Developments in India\'s North Western neighbourhood/Kalim Bahadur. 13. South Asia: The road ahead/Virendra Gupta. VII. India-US defence cooperation: 14. A perspective on Indo-US defence interactions/K. Santhanam. 15. The different facets of Indo-US defence cooperation/Vinod Patney. 16. US-India military-to-military relations: Charting a course to the future/John H. Gill. 17. US-India maritime security cooperation/Donald A. Camp. Special addresses on defence cooperation. 18. Setting the framework for engagement/Shekhar Dutt. 19. Defence cooperation: A new era in India-US relations/V.P. Malik. Editors and contributors. Index.

"The rhetoric from two noisy democracies may make it appear that the interests of India and the United States are poles apart on many issues. However, if the outside layers comprising ideological and populist pronouncements are peeled aside, it is apparent that while there would be inevitable differences in approach, there is a convergence on core values, concerns and interests. At the same time, the hindrances and obstacles that come in the way of a working relationship cannot be simply wished away. A purposeful and forward looking dialogue is one of the necessary steps required to take the partnership to a higher plane.

These papers are the outcome of such a dialogue between experts from India and the United States, brought together under the aegis of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi and the Center for Contemporary Conflict, Monterey. The entire spectrum of the relationship, from trade to key geo-political areas is covered, the Intent being to both flesh out the partnership and to take note of the challenges and the opportunities that lie ahead. Crucial policy inputs are also provided by a number of key interlocutors, including the Indian Foreign and Defence Secretaries. India-US Relations: Addressing the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century endeavors to light up the wa