A key question today is whether India and the United States can or should develop ever-closer ties as a way of countering China's desire to be the dominant power in the broader Asian region. In Fateful Triangle Tanvi Madan argues that history shows that such a partnership is neither inevitable nor impossible.. Drawing on documents from India and the US Fateful Triangle contends that China's influence on the US-India relationship is not a recent phenomenon. It demonstrates that US and Indian perc