1st Edition

US-Indian Strategic Cooperation into the 21st Century More than Words

Edited By Sumit Ganguly, Andrew Scobell, Brian Shoup Copyright 2006
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

In this edited book, leading scholars and analysts trace the origins, evolution and the current state of Indo-US strategic cooperation. During the Cold War, owing to opposing grand strategies, the two states frequently found themselves at odds. With the end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union, Indo-US security cooperation started in a fitful fashion, but in recent years it has... Read more

1. Introduction Brian Shoup and Sumit Ganguly  2. Are We Present at the Creation?: Alliance Theory and the Indo-US Strategic Convergence? Devin Hagerty  3. Incompatible Objectives and Shortsighted Policies: US Strategies toward India Arthur Rubinoff  4. An Overview of Indo-US Strategic Cooperation: A Rollercoaster of a Relationship Dipankar Banerjee  5. Indo-US Defense and Limitary Relations: From ‘Estrangement’ to ‘Strategic Partnership" V.P. Malik  6. U.S.-India Military-to-Military Interaction in the Context of the Larger Relationship John Gill  7. Prospects for US-India Counterterrorism Cooperation: An American View Polly Nayak  8. Indo-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: Past, Present and Future B. Raman  9. Limited Cooperation Between Limited Allies: India’s Strategic Programs and India-US Strategic Trade Varun Sahni  10. The Future of Indo-US Cooperation in Multilateral and Bilateral Peacekeeping Operations Shantonu Choudhry  Ch. 11: U.S. Army’s New Peace Operations Era William Flavin

Biography

Sumit Ganguly is professor of Political Science and Director of the India Studies Program at Indiana University in Bloomington, where he also holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations. He is a specialist on regional security issues in South Asia and is the author, co-author or editor of some 12 books on the region.

Brian Shoup received his PhD in Political Science from Indiana University in 2005. His research interests focus on ethno-nationalist politics and conflict.

Andrew Scobell is Associate Research Professor at the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is a specialist on Asian political and military affairs, especially China and Korea.