Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
India’s next-generation carrier, if properly designed, will bolster India’s capability to control the Indian Ocean in the face of China’s growing naval power
Joint development of India’s next-generation aircraft carrier could be the next big idea in Indian-U.S. relations.
The United States and India have agreed to form a working group to explore the joint development of India’s next-generation aircraft carrier. Such collaboration would increase the Indian Navy’s combat power and would resonate throughout the Asian continent to India’s strategic advantage.
China represents and will remain the most significant competitor to the United States for decades to come. As such, the need for a more coherent U.S. response to increasing Chinese power is long overdue
The principal strategic challenge facing the United States today is preserving its global primacy in the face of rising challengers such as China.
The nuclear weapon programs in China, India, and Pakistan are worthy of attention because they are active, expanding, and diversifying at a time when the overall global trend remains a continuing contraction of nuclear inventories.
President Obama’s visit to India was a great success on multiple counts.
Modi’s engagement with the United States is driven fundamentally by considerations about India’s national interests, just as Obama’s outreach to Modi was driven by his judgement about India’s importance for American interests in Asia.
For the foreseeable future, Washington must be reconciled to the fact that the success of the bilateral relationship will require asymmetrical American contributions to India.
Barack Obama’s return to India as the first U.S. president invited to India’s Republic Day celebrations promises to rejuvenate the bilateral relationship.
