Project on Defense Alternatives

The Evolving India-U.S. Strategic Relationship

A Compendium of Articles and Analyses

Edited by Bipasha Ray

Updated 20 October 2008
(First compiled March 2006)

Overviews  |  Nuclear Issues  |  Security Cooperation  |  Pakistan and Kashmir  |  Regional Issues



Overviews

India-U.S. Relations
K. Alan Kronstadt. Congressional Research Service, updated 12 August 2008 (.pdf file).

India's Quest for Continuity in the Face of Change
C. Raja Mohan. The Washington Quarterly, Autumn 2008 (.pdf file).

America's Strategic Opportunity With India
R. Nicholas Burns. Foreign Affairs, November/December 2007.

U.S.-India Links Go Beyond Faltering Nuclear Deal
Peter Wonacott and Eric Bellman. Wall Street Journal, 18 October 2007.

India and its Neighbours: Do Economic Interests Have the Potential to Build Peace?
Charu Lata Hogg. Chatham House, London, October 2007 (.pdf file). (Note pages 2-5).

India at Sixty: Strategic Reflections
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 17 September 2007.

India-U.S. Economic and Trade Relations
Michael F. Martin and K. Alan Kronstadt. Congressional Research Service, 31 August 2007 (.pdf file).

Is India, or Will it Be, a Responsible International Stakeholder?
Xenia Dormandy. The Washington Quarterly, Center for Strategic and International Issues, Washington, DC, Summer 2007.

Dialogue of the Giant Democracies: India and the United States in the 21st Century
Teresita C. Schaffer. Lecture at Bryn Mawr College, 22 March 2007.

Gauging U.S.-Indian Strategic Cooperation
Henry Sokolski, ed. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, March 2007 (.pdf file).

The New New World Order
Daniel W. Drezner. Foreign Affairs, March/April 2007.

The United States, India, and the World
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns. Discussion sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 22 February 2007 (audio files).

The Limits of Indo-US Partnership
Rajiv Sikri. Rediff India Abroad, 02 January 2007.

East Meets West
Greg Sheridan. National Interest, 10 November 2006.

Indo-U.S. Strategic Partnership: Are We There Yet?
Lalit Mansingh. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, October 2006 (.pdf file).

The Myth of the New India
Pankaj Mishra. The New York Times, 06 July 2006.

America's New Strategic Partner?
Ashton B. Carter. Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006.

Will India Become a Global Power?
C. Raja Mohan and Gurcharan Das. Council on Foreign Relations, 19 June 2006.

U.S.-India Relations: The Global Partnership
R. Nicholas Burns, Daniel Markey, Jessica Tuchman Mathews, George Perkovich, Ashley J. Tellis and Albert Thibault. Panels sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 16 May 2006. (.mp3 audio files).

The 'Singh Doctrine'
Brig. Arun Sahgal and Parama Sinha Palit. Armed Forces Journal, May 2006.

Prospects for Indo-U.S. Partnership
Anirudh Nair and Rudra Dev. Security Research Review, Bharat Rakshak, India, April 2006.

Current Trends in India-U.S. Relations: Hopes for a Secure Future
Annpurna Nautiyal. Strategic Insights. Center for Contemporary Conflict, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, April 2006 (.pdf file).

Our Friends in New Delhi
David Frum. National Post, Canada, 07 March 2006. Posted on the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research website.

Indo-U.S. Ties After the Bush Visit
Praful Bidwai. Rediff, India, 06 March 2006.

Bush, India and Two Degrees of Separation
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 03 March 2006. Posted on the author's blog.

Spinning a Web for India
Randeep Ramesh. The Guardian, UK, 03 March 2006.

President Bush's Visit to India (2006) Reviewed
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 03 March 2006.

Unequal Partners?
Amit Baruah. The Hindu, India, 02 March 2006.

U.S.-India Joint Statement during President George W. Bush's Visit to India
White House, 02 March 2006.

Why Bush Blinked
Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. The Times of India, March 2006.

U.S. Space Aid to India: On a "Glide Path" to ICBM Trouble?
Richard Speier. Arms Control Today, Washington, DC, March 2006.

Public Opinion in India and America
World Public Opinion. Program on International Policy Attitudes, University of Maryland, 26 February 2006.

U.S. and India: Partners, Not Allies
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar. The Times of India, 26 February 2006.

The President's Passage to India
Matthew Cooper. Time Magazine, 23 February 2006.

The Great Indian Hope Trick
The Economist, 23 February 2006.

Getting India Right
Parag Khanna and C. Raja Mohan. Policy Review, Washington, DC, February/March 2006.

India as a Global Power
Teresita C. Schaffer and Pramit Mitra. Deutsche Bank Research, 16 December 2005. Posted on the Center for Strategic and International Studies website (.pdf file).

Transforming India-U.S. Relations: Building a Strategic Partnership
Shyam Saran. Speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, 21 December 2005 (.pdf file).

India's Place in the U.S. Strategic Order
Aspects of India's Economy. Research Unit for Political Economy, Mumbai, December 2005.

U.S.-India: Global Partnership: How Significant for American Interests?
Henry J. Hyde. Opening remarks before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

The U.S.-India "Global Partnership": How Significant for American Interests?
Ashley J. Tellis. Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

Hearing on 'The U.S.-India 'Global Partnership': How Significant for American Interests?'
Satu P. Limaye. Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Relations: Where Are They Headed?
Ronen Sen. Text of lecture sponsored by the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 26 October 2005 (.pdf file).

The U.S. and India: The New Strategic Partnership
R. Nicholas Burns. Speech at the Asia Society, New York, 18 October 2005.

Advancing U.S.-India Economic Relations
David C. Mulford. Speech to the Indian Chamber of Commerce/Indo-American Chamber of Commerce Luncheon, Calcutta, 18 August 2005. Posted on the U.S. State Department website.

The Implications of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership
Lora Saalman. Power and Interest News Report, 05 August 2005.

Tech That, and That: Not Ideology, But a Convergence of Interests is Shaping the New Indo-U.S. Ties
S. Enders Wimbush. Outlook India, New Delhi, 01 August 2005.

India and the United States: Turning A Corner
Teresita Schaffer. South Asia Monitor. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 01 August 2005 (.pdf file).

Partnering the United States: India's Window of Opportunity
Amit Gupta. Security Research Review. Bharat Rakshak, India, August 2005.

India as a New Global Power: An Action Agenda for the United States
Ashley J. Tellis. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, 14 July 2005 (.pdf file).

America, India and the Outsourcing of Imperial Overreach
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 13 July 2005. Posted on the author's blog.

U.S.-India Relations: Convergence of Interests
Eric Lorber and Pramit Mitra. South Asia Monitor. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 04 July 2005.

India, The United States' New Ally In Asia
Christophe Jaffrelot. Centre D'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, France, July 2005. Posted on the Alliance Program website at Columbia University (.pdf file).

U.S. India Relations: Report on AEI'S 2003-04 Roundtable Discussions
Gautam Adhikari. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 22 June 2005.

The India Imperative
Robert D. Blackwill. The National Interest, Washington, DC, Summer 2005. Posted on the U.S.-India Friendship website.

India-U.S. Strategic Partnership: Perceptions, Potential, and Problems
Jaswant Singh. Speech delivered at The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 31 May 2005 (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Relations: Perception and Reality
G. Balachandran. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, April-June 2005 (.pdf file).

The U.S.-India Relationship: Strategic Partnership or Complementary Interests?
Amit Gupta. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, February 2005 (.pdf file).

Is a Solid and Comprehensive U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Inevitable?
Ram Narayanan. Presentation made to Security and Political Risk Analysis at the India International Center, New Delhi, 17 January 2005. Posted on the U.S.-India Friendship website.

India-U.S. Relations: A Paradigm Shift
Bhabani Mishra. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, January-March 2005 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue
Rollie Lal and Rajesh Rajagopalan. RAND, 2005 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Relations: Ties That Bind?
Deepa Ollapally. The Sigur Center Asia Papers, George Washington University, 2005 (.pdf file).

India and U.S. Relations ? Ground Realities
Hari Sud. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 24 December 2004.

Mapping the Global Future
Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project, CIA, December 2004 (.pdf file).

From Estrangement to Engagement: U.S.-India Relations Since May 1998
Strobe Talbott. Text of lecture sponsored by the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 13 October 2004 (.pdf file).

Cybersecurity: A Key to U.S.-India Trade
Kenneth I. Juster. Keynote Address at the India-U.S. Information Security Summit, 12 October 2004. Posted on the U.S. State Department website.

U.S. and India: Unequal Allies, Uneasy Partners
Praful Bidwai. Antiwar.com, U.S., 06 October 2004.

U.S.-India Relations: The Making of a Comprehensive Relationship
Robert O. Blake. Speech delivered in Indore, India, 23 August 2004. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

India and the New American Hegemony
Mira Kamdar. Connecticut Journal of International Law, Spring 2004. Posted on the author's website.

India: The Strategic Partner of USA?
Hari Sud. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 11 June 2003.

From a Strategic to a Comprehensive Relationship
David C. Mulford. The Hindustan Times, India, 06 June 2004. Posted on the Mumbai U.S. Consulate General website.

Off-Key Techno Notes: Indo-U.S. Technology Relations, Despite Go-Aheads From Top, Remain Rudderless
Raja Menon. Outlook India, New Delhi, 19 April 2004.

U.S. Policies in the Post-Cold War Era: An Indian Perspective
Annpurna Nautiyal. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, January-March 2004 (.pdf file).

The Start of a Beautiful Friendship? The United States and India
Sumit Ganguly. World Policy Journal, New York, Spring 2003.

The United States and India: A Transformed Relationship
Richard N. Haass. Remarks to the Confederation of Indian Industry, Hyderabad, 07 January 2003.

A Paradigm Shift Toward South Asia?
C. Raja Mohan. The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2002-03 (.pdf file).

India-U.S. Relations in the Emerging Global Environment
Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Speech at the Asia Society, 22 September 2003.

The Quality and Durability of the U.S.-India Relationship
Rober D. Blackwill. Speech delivered in Kolkata, India, 27 November 2002. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

Now, Play the India Card
Lloyd Richardson. Policy Review, Hoover Institution, Washington, DC, October 2002.

Positive-Sum Game Accruals in U.S.-India Relations
Anupam Srivastava. Bharat Rakshak Monitor, July-September 2002.

Evolving Strategic Ties Between India and the United States
Anupam Srivastava. Chapter in "India's National Security: Annual Review 2002," edited by Satish Kumar. Posted on the author's website at the University of Georgia, April 2002.

The Indian End of the Telescope: India and its Navy
Gulab Hiranandani. Naval War College Review. U.S. Naval War College, Spring 2002.

Building a New Partnership with India
Teresita C. Schaffer. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2002 (.pdf file).

South Asian Quagmire: U.S.-India Relations after December 13
Rajesh Kumar Mishra. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 21 December 2001.

Rising India and U.S. Policy Options in Asia
Teresita C. Schaffer and Mandavi Mehta. South Asia Monitor. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 01 December 2001 (.pdf file).

September 11, 2001: Attack on America
Amb. Robert D. Blackwill. Press Conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club, New Delhi, 21 November 2001. Posted on the Yale Law School website.

Attitudes Towards the United States Amongst the Indian Electorate
Alistair McMillan. Posted on the author's website at Nuffield College, Oxford University, November 2001 (.pdf file).

India And The United States: Security Interests
Mandavi Mehta and Teresita C. Schaffer. South Asia Monitor. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 01 June 2001 (.pdf file).

Add Five 'E's To Make a Partnership
Kanti Bajpai. The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2001 (.pdf file).

Reducing Tension is Not Enough
Alexander Evans. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2001 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Strategic Relations: Issues Before the New Administration
Gary K. Bertsch and Anupam Srivastava. Bharat Rakshak Monitor, January/February 2001.

India and America: An Emerging Relationship
Stephen P. Cohen. Paper presented to the Conference on The Nation-State System and Transnational Forces in South Asia, Kyoto, Japan, 08-10 December 2000. Posted on The Brookings Institution website.

India Matters
Mohammed Ayoob. The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2000 (.pdf file).

New Directions in Indo-U.S. Relations and New Opportunities in U.S.-South Asia Relations
Bruce Reidel. Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 21 February and 09 May 2000 (.pdf file).

India-USA Strategic Partnership: The Advent of the Inevitable
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 22 April 2000.

India-U.S. Relations: A Vision for the 21st Century
Joint India-U.S. Statement, during President Bill Clinton's visit to India, 21 March 2000. Posted on the Indian Embassy website.

Indo-U.S. Strategic Dialogue: From Sound Bytes to Sound Decisions
Anupam Srivastava. Bharat Rakshak Monitor, January/February 2000.

U.S. Department of State Deputy Secretary Talbott Address at India International Center
Strobe Talbott. Address at the India International Center, New Delhi, 30 January 1999. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

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Nuclear Issues

The Downside to the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Adam B. Kushner. Newsweek, 11 October 2008.

US-India Nuclear Deal Goes Through
Madhur Singh. Time, 02 October 2008.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Esther Pan and Jayshree Bajoria. Council on Foreign Relations, 02 October 2008.

The Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal: What is There?
Annpurna Nautiyal. Strategic Insights, Center for Contemporary Conflict, September 2008.

The U.S.-India Nuke Deal: U.S. Needs and Ambitions
Dr. Dheeraj Kumar. Strategic Insights, Center for Contemporary Conflict, September 2008.

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress
Paul K. Kerr. Congressional Research Service, updated 30 July 2008 (.pdf file).

The Costs of a Failed U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Deal
Lisa Curtis. The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, 02 November 2007 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation: Better Later than Sooner
Leonard Weiss. Nonproliferation Review, November 2007 (.pdf file).

India at 60: The India-U.S. Nuclear Deal on Hold - Crash, or Course Correction?
South Asia Monitor, Center for Strategic and International Issues, Washington, DC, 26 October 2007 (.pdf file).

'Enemies Of India's Development'
Rajinder Puri. Outlook India, 10 October 2007.

Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal: Where are the Blocks?
Reshmi Kazi and Amit Kumar Singh. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 02 June 2007.

Lawmakers Decry Iran-India Alliance
Glenn Kessler. Washington Post, 03 May 2007.

Indian Demands Slow U.S.-Indian Nuclear Deal
Wade Boese. Arms Control Today, Washington, DC, May 2007.

New U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement Delayed: Indefinitely?
George Bunn. Lawyers Alliance for World Security, Washington, DC, 18 April 2007.

How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Love India's Bomb
Ashton B. Carter. Foreign Affairs, 10 January 2007.

Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Unending Drama in Many Acts
P.R. Chari, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, January 2007 (.pdf file).

India's Nuclear Separation Plan: Issues and Views
Sharon Squassoni. Congressional Research Service, updated 22 December 2006 (.pdf file).

U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with India: Issues for Congress
Sharon Squassoni. Congressional Research Service, updated 22 December 2006 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Current Legislation
Sharon Squassoni. Congressional Research Service, updated 22 December 2006 (.pdf file).

Nuclear Cooperation with India: Storms Ahead
Pramit Mitra and Teresita Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 19 December 2006.

Indo-U.S. Nuclear Minuet
B. Raman. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 19 December 2006.

Civilian Nuclear Cooperation With India: Another Step Down a Long Road
Teresita Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 17 November 2006.

Nuclear Deterrence: An Indian Perspective
Lt. Gen. V.R. Raghavan. Speech at the Wilton Park Conference on Nuclear Deterrence & NATO, 12-14 October 2006. Posted on the Delhi Policy Group website.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Deal
Arms Control Association Page Resource Page, 24 July 2006.

Letter to Congress
Arms Control Association, 20 June 2006 (.pdf file).

Nuclear Weapons, Energy and Nonproliferation: Pressures on the Global Community
41st Conference on the United Nations of the Next Decade, sponsored by The Stanley Foundation, Sedona, AZ, 16-21 June 2006 (.pdf file).

Betting the Ranch on the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Michael Krepon. The Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC, 05 June 2006.

Atoms for War? U.S.-Indian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation and India's Nuclear Arsenal
Ashley J. Tellis. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, June 2006 (.pdf file).

U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation: A Strategy for Moving Forward
Michael A. Levi and Charles D. Ferguson. Council on Foreign Relations, June 2006 (.pdf file).

Power Points: The U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement is the Wrong Deal with the Wrong Energy Source
Leonard Weiss. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2006.

Testimony of Gary Milhollin
Gary Milhollin. Testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, 26 April 2006.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Issues for the Nuclear Suppliers Group
Summary of conference sponsored by The Stanley Foundation, in New York, 24 April 2006 (.pdf file).

How to Regulate Nuclear Weapons: The U.S. Deal With India Could Be a Good Starting Point
Selig Harrison. Washington Post, 23 April 2006. Posted on the Center for International Policy website.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal: Another Wrong Turn in the War on Terror
Michael Krepon. The Henry L. Stimson Center, 29 March 2006.

N-Deal: Boon for India, US, World
K. Subrahmanyam. Rediff, India, 09 March 2006.

A New Nuclear Age
Reuven Pedhatsur. Haaretz, Israel, 08 March 2006.

Implementation of the India-United States Joint Statement of July 18, 2005: India's Separation Plan
Full text as approved by Indian Parliament, 07 March 2006. Posted on the Outlook India website.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement
Mary Beth Nikitin and Jon Wolfsthal. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 03 March 2006.

The President's Indian Fantasy
Fred Kaplan. Slate, 01 March 2006.

Parsing the Separation PLan: The Indo-U.S. Subsidiary Deal
P.R. Chari. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, March 2006 (.pdf file).

The Credibility Question
NewsInsight, New Delhi, 28 February 2006.

Nixon to China, Bush to India
Fareed Zakaria. Newsweek, 27 February 2006.

Separation is Not Rocket Science
G. Balachandran. Indian Express, New Delhi, 27 January 2006. Posted on the South Asia Monitor website.

Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal: Safeguards for Breeder Reactors a Key Obstacle
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 21 January 2006. Posted on the Global Research website.

India America Nuclear Deal - A Strategic Analysis
Gaurang Bhatt. India Defence, New Delhi, 16 January 2006.

United States-India Civil Nuclear Deal Reviewed
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 10 January 2006.

India's Choice, Congress' Responsibility
Daryl G. Kimball. Arms Control Today, Washington, DC, January/February 2006.

Hard Bargain
NewsInsight, New Delhi, 08 December 2005.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Robert J. Einhorn. Testimony before the House International Relations Committee, 26 October 2005. Posted on the Center for Strategic and International Studies website (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal and Non-Proliferation
Rajesh Kumar Mishra. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, October-December 2005 (.pdf file).

Indo-US Nuclear Agreement and IAEA Safeguards
R. Ramachandran. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, October-December 2005 (.pdf file).

Faulty Promises: The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
George Perkovich. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, September 2005 (.pdf file).

India and The New Look of U.S. Nonproliferation Policy
William C. Potter. Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, CA, 25 August 2005.

The Truth Behind the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 29 July 2005.

Good Day for India, Bad Day for Non-Proliferation
Strobe Talbott. International Herald Tribune, 21 July 2005. Posted on The Brookings Institution website.

Bush Administration Stokes Dangerous Arms Race on Indian Subcontinent
Stephen Zunes. Foreign Policy in Focus, Silver City, NM and Washington, DC, 20 July 2005.

Joint Statement Between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
White House, 18 July 2005.

India Moves Toward a New Compact with the United States
Praful Bidwai. Foreign Policy in Focus, Silver City, NM and Washington, DC, 14 July 2005.

United States-India Defense Relationship Agreement (June 2005) Analysed
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 06 July 2005.

A Realist Case for Conditioning the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
George Perkovich. Working paper prepared for a Nonproliferation Policy Education Center seminar, 15 May 2005. Posted on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website.

New Delhi's Dilemma
Brahma Chellaney. The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2000 (.pdf file).

Dealing with the Bomb in South Asia
Strobe Talbott. Foreign Affairs, March/April 1999. Posted on the Fletcher School website at Tufts University (.pdf file).

Against Nuclear Apartheid
Jaswant Singh. Foreign Affairs, September/October 1998. Posted on the Indian Embassy website.

Issues in U.S.-India Nuclear Cooperation
Graphic. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, Washington, DC.

The U.S.-Indian Nuclear Cooperation Deal
Arms Control Association, Washington, DC.

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Security Cooperation

India's Space Program
Vincent G. Sabathier and G. Ryan Faith. Center for Strategic and International Issues, Washington, DC, 25 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Defence Co-operation: Full Steam Ahead
Gurmeet Kanwal. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 25 September 2007.

U.S.-India Maritime Cooperation: A Track-Two Dialogue
Peter Lavoy and Robin Walker. Conference organized by the Center for Contemporary Conflict, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and the National Maritime Foundation, held in New Delhi, 18 September 2007.

Americanization of the Indian Military
Siddharth Srivastava. Asia Times, Hong Kong, 05 June 2007.

US-Indian Relations: A New Agenda for a New Era
Bruce Riedel. Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 19 April 2007.

U.S.-India Defense Relations: Strategic Perspectives
Vibhuti Haté and Teresita C. Schaffer. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 04 April 2007. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism: Proceedings of an Indo-U.S. Workshop
Roddam Narasimha and Arvind Kumar, eds. National Academy of Sciences, 2007 (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Military Cooperation: U.S. Perceptions
L. Venkateshwaran. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 10 June 2006.

Indo-U.S. Cooperation: Next Step in the Indian Ocean
Amit Kumar. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 19 May 2006.

U.S.-India Defense Relationship
U.S. Department of Defense fact sheet, March 2006 (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. Framework for Maritime Security Cooperation
U.S. Department of Defense, March 2006 (.pdf file).

Perils of Three-Way Security Cooperation
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 14 February 2006. Posted on the author's blog.

Indo-U.S. Joint Military Exercises after 2002 ? a Partial List
Aspects of India's Economy. Research Unit for Political Economy, Mumbai, December 2005.

U.S. Acknowledges India as Regional Force: Pledge to Share Civilian Nuclear Technology Follows Military Cooperation, Indian Navy Growth
James Cetrone. The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Washington, DC, 04 August 2005.

India-U.S. Defence Pact - II: Commitments May Fetter Judgment
S. Raghavan. The Hindu Business Line, India, 14 July 2005.

Defence Pact with the U.S.: India Entering Risky Territory
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Hindu, India, 01 July 2005. Posted on the author's blog.

New Framework for the U.S.-India Defense Relationship
Signed by Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Washington, DC, 28 June 2005. (Note: Will open as a Word document).

India and the United States: Forging a Security Partnership?
Sumit Ganguly and Andrew Scobell. World Policy Journal, New York, Summer 2005.

Seeking Breakthroughs
Ashley J. Tellis. Force, Noida, India, October 2004. Posted on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website.

Five Part Series by Josy Joseph. Rediff, India, 21-26 April 2003.

The United States, India and Asian Security
Robert D. Blackwill. Presented to the 5th Asia Security Conference sponsored by the Institute for Defense Analyses, New Delhi, 27 January 2003. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

Joint Statement by India-U.S. Defence Policy Group
U.S. India Defense Policy Group, 2003. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

Missile Defense and South Asia: An Indian Perspective
Rajesh M. Basrur. Chapter in "The Impact of US Ballistic Missile Defenses on Southern Asia," edited by Michael Krepon and Chris Gagné. Stimson Center, Washington, DC, July 2002 (.pdf file).

Wider Military Ties With India Offer U.S. Diplomatic Leverage
Celia W. Dugger. The New York Times, 10 June 2002. Posted on the Indian Ministry of External Affairs website.

Indo-U.S. Naval Cooperation
G.M. Hiranandani. Bharat Rakshak Monitor, May-June 2002.

Rapid India-U.S. Military Links Stagger Officials
NewsInsight, New Delhi, 02 February 2002.

South Asia Security- Divergence in United States and India's Perceptions: An Analysis
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 22 January 2002.

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Pakistan and Kashmir

India, Pakistan and Kashmir: Stabilising a Cold Peace
Asia Briefing #51. International Crisis Group, 15 June 2006 (.pdf file).

Ends and Beginnings
Ajai Sahni. Outlook India, New Delhi, 09 March 2006.

India and Pakistan: On the Heels of President Bush's Visit
R. Nicholas Burns. Remarks to the Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, 06 March 2006. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke College website.

Balancing U.S. Interests Amidst the India and Pakistan Conflict
Thomas Glardon. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 18 March 2005 (.pdf file).

What If Pakistan Fails? India Isn't Worried ... Yet
C. Raja Mohan. The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2004-05 (.pdf file).

Dissuasion and Confrontation: U.S. Policy In India-Pakistan Crises
Col. John H. Gill. Strategic Insights. Center for Contemporary Conflict, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, October 2004.

Indo-U.S. Relations: The Pakistan Factor
B. Raman. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 14 May 2004.

India Doubting Its U.S. 'Strategic Partnership'
Sultan Shahin. Asia Times, Hong Kong, 27 March 2004.

The Counterterror Coalitions: Cooperation with Pakistan and India
C. Christine Fair. RAND, 2004 (.pdf file).

Mediating Kashmir: A Bridge Too Far
Satu P. Limaye. The Washington Quarterly, Winter 2002-03 (.pdf file).

Kashmir: Redefining the U.S. Role
Navnita Chadha Behera. Policy Brief #110, Brookings Institution, November 2002.

India's Fine Balance
Dennis Kux. Foreign Affairs, May/June 2002. Posted on the Fletcher School website at Tufts University (.pdf file).

A New Equation: U.S. Policy Toward India and Pakistan After September 11
Lee Feinstein et al. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, May 2002 (.pdf file).

United States and the Agra Summit
Subhash Kapila. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 10 August 2001.

India and Pakistan: Thinking About the Unthinkable
Paul D. Taylor. Naval War College Review. U.S. Naval War College, Summer 2001.

Moving Forward in South Asia
Stephen P. Cohen. The Brookings Institution, May 2001 (.pdf file).

Reconsidering the U.S. Role
Howard B. Schaffer. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2001 (.pdf file).

The Piper's Price: India and the U.S. After Kargil
Siddharth Varadarajan. The Times of India, 17 July 1999. Posted on the author's blog.

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Regional Issues

China and the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal
Jabin T. Jacob. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 14 September 2007.

China Looks on at the US-India Lockstep
Siddharth Srivastava. Asia Times, Hong Kong, 30 June 2007.

India and Iran: New Delhi?s Balancing Act
C. Christine Fair. The Washington Quarterly, Center for Strategic and International Issues, Washington, DC, Summer 2007.

Great Power Dynamics: India, U.S. and China
Devyani Srivastava and Priyashree Andley. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 05 May 2007 (.pdf file).

Asia's Major Powers and U.S. Strategy: Perspectives from India
V.R. Raghavan. Centre for Security Analysis, Chennai, India, 04-05 May 2007. (NOTE: Will open as a Word document).

Will India Be a Better Strategic Partner Than China?
Dan Blumenthal. American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, 09 April 2007.

India's Expanding Role in Asia: Adapting to Rising Power Status
Lisa Curtis. The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, 20 February 2007 (.pdf file).

Strategic Interests Pull Japan and India Together
Chietigj Bajpaee. Power and Interest News Report, 16 February 2007.

U.S. Strategic and Defense Relationships in the Asia-Pacific Region
Bruce Vaughn. Congressional Research Service, 22 January 2007 (.pdf file).

Will India Emerge as an Eastern or Western Power?
Kishore Mahbubani. Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, January 2007 (.pdf file).

Using India To Keep China at Bay
Tim Beal. Foreign Policy in Focus, 12 December 2006.

The United States and the Rise of China and India: Results of a 2006 Multination Survey of Public Opinion
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Asia Society, New York, NY, 11 October 2006 (.pdf file).

India-Iran Relations and U.S. Interests
K. Alan Kronstadt and Kenneth Katzman. Congressional Research Service, 02 August 2006 (.pdf file).

The Regional Implications of the U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement
Shehzad Nadeem. Foreign Policy in Focus, 29 April 2006.

Iran Stirs India-U.S. Waters
Vijay Sakhuja. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 10 April 2006.

China Responds to the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
Mohan Malik. China Brief. The Jamestown Foundation, 29 March 2006.

India-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Deal: Impact on Asian Balance of Power
Sameer Suryakant Patil. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, 17 March 2006.

The New Deal: When Bush Comes to Shove
Siddharth Varadarajan. Frontline, India, 11-24 March 2006. Posted on the author's blog.

India-Iran Relations: Changing the Tone?
Pramit Mitra and Vibhuti Hate. South Asia Monitor. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 08 March 2006 (.pdf file).

Uncharted Waters
Pratap Bhanu Mehta. Outlook India, New Delhi, 07 March 2006.

In Deal with India, Bush Has Eye on China
Paul Richter. Los Angeles Times, 04 March 2006. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal: The China Factor
Jabin T. Jacob. Insitute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, March 2006 (.pdf file).

India in the Indian Ocean
Donald L. Berlin. Naval War College Review. U.S. Naval War College, Spring 2006. Posted on the Bharat Rakshak website (.pdf file).

Indo-U.S. ties: The China factor
Claude Arpi. Rediff, India, 28 February 2006.

The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal, Iran, and India's Future
Harsh V. Pant. ZNet Magazine, Woods Hole, MA, 31 January 2006.

India's Look-East Policy: More Aggressive, Better Dividends
C. S. Kuppuswamy. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 03 January 2006.

India and the Middle East
Stephen Philip Cohen. Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

India's Potential Importance for Vital U.S. Geopolitical Objectives in Asia: A Hedge Against a Rising China?
Francine R. Frankel. Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 16 November 2005 (.pdf file).

India, Iran, and The United States
Conn Hallinan. Foreign Policy in Focus, Silver City, NM and Washington, DC, 19 October 2005.

The United States, China, and India: A Story of Leaders, Partners, and Clients
Zia Mian. Foreign Policy in Focus, Silver City, NM and Washington, DC, 27 September 2005.

Redrawing India's Geostrategic Maps with China and the United States
Lora Saalman. ZNet Magazine. Woods Hole, MA, 22 September 2005.

Natural Allies? Regional Security in Asia and Prospects for Indo-American Strategic Cooperation
Stephen J. Blank. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, September 2005 (.pdf file).

The U.S., India, and China
Immanuel Wallerstein. Fernand Braudel Center, Binghamton University, 01 August 2005.

What is Driving India's and Pakistan's Interest in Joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Jefferson E. Turner. Strategic Insights. Center for Contemporary Conflict, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, August 2005.

India, China, the U.S. and the Balance of Power in the Indian Ocean
Adam Wolfe, Yevgeny Bendersky, Federico Bordonaro. Japan Focus. Cornell University, 25 July 2005. Posted on the ZNet Magazine, Woods Hole, MA website.

India's International Oil Ties Risk U.S. Displeasure
Pramit Mitra. International Herald Tribune, 07 April 2005. Posted on the Center for Strategic and International Studies website (.pdf file).

The 'Strategic Partnership' Between India and Iran
C. Christine Fair, Jalil Roshandel, Sunil Dasgupta and P.R. Kumaraswamy. Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, April 2005 (.pdf file).

The U.S., India and China
Ram Narayanan. United Press International, 09 February 2005.

U.S. and Iran at Loggerheads: India's Role in Rapprochement
Harsh V. Pant. Security Research Review. Bharat Rakshak, India, October 2004.

New Horizons in United States' Relations with South Asia
Christina Rocca. Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, July 2004 (.pdf file).

The United States and South Asia: Core Interests and Policies and Their Impact on Regional Countries
Stephen Cohen. Presented at the Conference on Major Powers and South Asia, 11-13 August 2003. Posted on The Brookings Institution website on 01 October 2003.

The China Factor in the India-Pakistan Conflict
Mohan Malik. Parameters, U.S. Army War College, Spring 2003.

Sino-Indian Relations in a New Perspective
Snehalata Panda. Strategic Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, January-March 2005 (.pdf file).

U.S. Security Policy Toward South Asia After September 11th and Its Implications for China: A Chinese Perspective
Zhang Guihong. Henry L. Stimson Center, January 2003 (.pdf file).

U.S-India Security Relations: Implications for China
Zhang Guihong. Faultlines. Institute for Conflict Management, New Delhi, 2003.

As the US Goes to War against Iraq, It Declares India a Pillar of its Hegemony in Asia
Aspects of India's Economy. Research Unit for Political Economy, Mumbai, December 2002.

The China-India-U.S. Triangle: Strategic Relations in the Post-Cold War Era
John W. Garver. The National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA, October 2002 (.pdf file).

The India-China Relationship: What the United States Needs To Know
Conference Report. Asia Society and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, 30 November 2001 (.pdf file).

India Looks East
Laxman B. Bahroo. Bharat Rakshak Monitor, November/December 2000.

Indo-U.S. Relation and the China Factor: Realities and Compulsions
Rajesh Kumar Mishra. South Asia Analysis Group, Noida, India, 25 September 2000.

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