A Fateful Triangle: How China Shaped US-

A key question today is whether India and the United States can or should develop ever-closer ties as a way of countering Chinas 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 Chinas influence on the US-India relationship is not a recent phenomenon. It demonstrates that US and Indian perceptions of and their policies towards China shaped US-India relations in three crucial decades from 1949 to 1979 in significant and complex ways.. Fateful Triangle updates our understanding of the diplomatic history of US-India relations highlighting Chinas central role in it reassesses the origins and practice of Indian foreign policy and non-alignment and provides historical context to the interactions between the three countries.