Washington: Noting that the Indo-US
relationship continues to move on an upward trajectory, a
former Bush administration official has said that there remain
a number of hurdles to build it a more enduring, strategic and
global partnership.
"A number of hurdles remain before the United States
and India can build a more enduring, strategic, and global
partnership," said Evan A Feigenbaum, in an article "India’s
Rise, America’s Interest: The Fate of the US-Indian
Partnership" published in the latest issue of the prestigious
Foreign Policy magazine.
First, India needs to bolster its emergence as a
major power, not least by sustaining high rates of economic
growth, said Feigenbaum, who served as the deputy assistant
secretary of state for South Asia during the previous Bush
administration.
This will require India to further open its economy
to competition and investment and advance ongoing reforms
aimed at relieving inequality, expanding the middle class, and
strengthening the country’s physical infrastructure, he said
in his 16-page article.
Second, India’s emerging global influence will be
sustainable only if India develops new doctrines and
diplomatic capacities.
"The country has moved beyond nonalignment, to be
sure, but has not yet coalesced around a new foreign policy
vision," he said.
PTI
