July 19, 2005

Agenda for the AmerInd Alliance

By Arun Khanna
President Bush and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will continue their meeting today, after beginning important summit talks yesterday. Although the American media were more interested in hectoring the President over a domestic political issue than in exploring the talks during yesterday's joint press conference, they have a lot to talk about. The emerging AmerInd Alliance is of great importance to both of them. The two nations are rapidly deepening their security, economic, political, and human ties, to great mutual benefit. There is still a lot left to gain. The two countries should consider a list of ambitious steps to take their multifaceted alliance to a new level. India is a necessary democratic ally in Asia, an invaluable asset in addressing China, which sees itself as righting historic slights and once again dominating that part of the world. The two largest democracies in the world are natural allies.  Both of us share common civilizational values today,...(Read Full Article)