The Review of India-U.S. Global Strategic Partnership

Abstract

India-U.S. relations are undergoing the landscape change, and it has evolved from indifference in Cold War era to global strategic partnership now. Both countries claim that they are natural alliance as the largest democracies in the world who share common interests and values globally, India is the only country except Israeli whom U.S. offer more and request less. India-U.S. relations has improved under the frame of Global Strategic Partnership, the defense and security relations improved greatly and economic and trade relations become better too. Abstract common interests and common values do not always can be transferred to cooperative actions and does not always provide positive impact on bilateral relations. The strategic positions and objectives of India and U.S. are less compatible which leads to few cooperative operations in bilateral, regional and global issues. Huge gap exists in expected bilateral relations and bilateral relations in reality. India and U.S. is not alliance and will not become alliance in short term.