Accession Number:

ADA566630

Title:

The United States -- India Strategic Relationship

Descriptive Note:

Monograph

Corporate Author:

ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES

Personal Author(s):

• Bergeman, Stephen P.

Report Date:

2012-05-17

Pagination or Media Count:

62.0

Abstract:

India is grappling with its current and future geostrategic role, which ranges from acting as a regional security provider in the Indian Ocean Region IOR, to assuming the role of a world economic and military power. What role India pursues will affect the balance of power in the IOR and the greater Pacific theater, as the United States refocuses towards the Pacific and the Chinese navy deploys with regularity into the IOR to secure access to raw materials. By examining the significant national security events in Indias history from 1947 to the present, and looking at how these events have affected Indias perception of itself and the creation of Indian national security strategy, the United States can better understand Indian intentions. The paper discusses some of the challenges inherent with this new strategic relationship between the United States and India, and provides recommendations for enhancing the relationship.

Descriptors:

• *COOPERATION
• *FOREIGN POLICY
• *HISTORY
• *INDIA
• *INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• *NATIONAL SECURITY
• *UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
• BALANCE OF POWER
• GEOPOLITICS
• INDIAN OCEAN
• PERCEPTION(PSYCHOLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE