India and the USA view each other as a collective counterweight to the growing economic and strategic influence of China.
Obama will in fact be in India this November, strengthening their shared strategic vision.
India is no China and will not be for a long while, but what India shares with the USA is
1) a pluralistic democracy
2) an identical threat perception of China
This is why the USA will be backing the Indians for the foreseeable future. It's in our interests to back India at least in the strategic sense, even if we withdraw from the offshoring game.
Obama will in fact be in India this November, strengthening their shared strategic vision.
India is no China and will not be for a long while, but what India shares with the USA is
1) a pluralistic democracy
2) an identical threat perception of China
This is why the USA will be backing the Indians for the foreseeable future. It's in our interests to back India at least in the strategic sense, even if we withdraw from the offshoring game.