The Case for a U.S. Alliance With India

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1. Submission Statement:

   The authors – Kurt Campbell (Former Indopacific ‘Czar’) and Jake Sullivan (Former NSA) argue that, unlike previous eras, the current global environment demands a more formal and robust strategic relationship between the U.S. and India. They propose establishing a strategic alliance, grounded in mutual commitments, to reinforce cooperation not only on defense and security—but also on broader geopolitical and economic fronts .

2. This ship has now sailed. No one in India is now going to trust the US to enter into any kind of alliance. Indian Government does not break agreements it enters into. The same cannot be said about the US Government.

3. US alliance with India is over assuming it ever existed in the first place which I don’t. India is allergic to the word “alliance” and they take every opportunity to remind everyone that and US is a joke of an ally.

   They will continue to do business with everyone, including US, but that’s all it will likely ever be.

4. India and the US don’t share enough common goals to be allies.

   Things were never as good as they looked before and it’s not quite as bad as it looks now. It’s a mostly neutral relationship.

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