An Unnatural Partnership? The Future Of U.S.-India Strategic Cooperation

As global competition with an increasingly assertive Chinese Government expands the strategic relationship between India and the United States is assuming ever-greater importance. From a superficial perspective a strategic partnership seems to make a great deal of sense for both countries. Yet enormous political cultural and structural obstacles remain between them which continue to slow the progress in security cooperation to a crawl relative to China?s economic and military advances. The authors explore these impediments frankly and suggest practical ways to build trust and establish confidence.