Great Expectations: Asking Too Much of the US-India Strategic Partnership

摘要

After India re-elected Narendra Modi as Prime Minister in May 2019 in a landslide victory, President Trump congratulated him, tweeting that "great things are in store for the US-India partnership with the return of PM Modi at the helm."1 In June, Assistant Secretary of Defense Randall Schriver echoed this sentiment, anticipating "a lot of convergence on the strategic landscape" between the United States and India.2 Nevertheless, on the eve of Secretary of State Pompeo's June visit to New Delhi, analysts of the region warned that an emerging crisis could force a highly disruptive reckoning for the relationship.3 Recently, two of the original architects of US-India strategic alignment—former US ambassador to India, Robert Blackwill, and former senior advisor to the US embassy in New Delhi, Ashley Tellis—have warned of "creeping disappointment and doubt" from both countries.~4