Strategic Alliances

The Indo-US relationship assumes im¬portance in a multipolar world with shifting alliances—new partnerships are being formed, some are being renewed and others are breaking up. The US and In¬dia have never been as aligned as they are today. There is growing tactical and strate¬gic convergence between the two countries. It is in this context that independent scholar Nirode Mohanty analyses the cooperation between the two countries in three specific fields: terrorism, nonproliferation and nuclear energy. These, he believes, are ‘the most current issues of importance to the United States and India’ (p.xiii). Many people could differ with this assessment; China and trade, for instance, might seem more important to many than the three is¬sues Mohanty has concentrated on. But Mohanty has his justifications for choosing these three issues.