India-US Relations from Bush to Obama: New Challenges
Published: January 12, 2010
Professor Baladas Ghoshal, visiting speaker from New Delhi, will discuss the India-US strategic partnership in a January 29 lecture.
Speaker: Baladas Ghoshal (Visiting Professor, Third World Studies Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia and Visiting Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi)
Date: Jan 29, 2010
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Music Room, second floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana
Cost: Free and open to the public
Sponsor(s): Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS); co-sponsored by Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES)—India Studies Fund and Center for Global Studies
Abstract: From “estranged democracies” to President Bush’s characterization of India as “a natural strategic partner,” Indo-American relations have passed through many vicissitudes and crises reflecting the geopolitical and strategic imperatives of both, as well as the latter’s misreading of the ground realities in Asia’s politico-security environment. Today, Indo-U.S. relations have entered a new phase, where one cannot expect the same personal commitment of Bush to lift the relationship to a higher plane. President Obama’s focus on the Afghanistan-Pakistan imbroglio, the global economic crisis with America in recession, curtailment of outsourcing, and a possible “tilt” by the Obama administration towards India’s historical rival China are some of the issues constricting a full U.S. engagement with India. At the same time, on almost all the priority issues on the global agenda—climate change, non-proliferation, trade negotiations, regional and global security—India remains a pivotal player, and a U.S.-India partnership is the best route to achieve favorable outcomes.
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