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Jason OverdorfMay 10, 2012 06:30
Analysis: Did Hillary Clinton's feel-good visit leave India feeling bad?
Browbeating India on Iran undermines talk of 'strategic partnership.'
Browbeating India on Iran undermines talk of 'strategic partnership.'
According to Indiana University's Ganguly, India's move to boost trade ties with Iran in the midst of Clinton's visit sent a “very bad” signal in that context, suggesting that New Delhi's response to American policies will continue to be a kneejerk no to preserve a “hackneyed” idea of India's strategic autonomy.
But insiders from India's foreign policy establishment like former ambassador Sikri argue that India's “feisty” response to US pressure on Iran marked a maturation of the strategic partnership, rather than its decay.
“There is a genuine friendship with the United States, a desire for closer ties, through trade, commerce, people-to-people relationships, which makes for a very deep, across the board Indo-US partnership,” Sikri said. “Even when government-to-government relations are not the best, these sustain it. We can have a dialogue with the US that enables us to have a candid exchange of views without derailing the relationship.”
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/india/120510/analysis-did-hillary-clintons-feel-good-visit-leave-
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