Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interactions with President Donald Trump suggest that Indo
US relation is getting increasing deeper.
US INDO relation has gone through three phases.
From 1947 to 1971, India tilted towards the US even as it insisted on non-alignment.
India's then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru despised communism and was on record
stating that, in a fight, India would side with the Anglo-American democracies.
In the second phase of the relationship, from 1971 to 1989, India built strong relations
with Soviet Union while remaining formally non-aligned and got disjoint from US with
US supporting Pakistan.
Current, is the third phase of India-US relations.
In the last 27 years India has increasingly tilted towards the US in global strategic
terms, though still maintains strong ties with Russia.
In this video, Defense Updates examines WHY US AND INDIA ARE NATURAL ALLIES AND THE RELATION
IS GETTING STRONGER DAY BY DAY?
US is one of the oldest democracies in the world.
The democratic system has been able to elect strong leaders and give the country stable
governments year after year, propelling it to the status of most powerful country in the world.
With 1.26 billion inhabitants, of which 834 million can vote, India is the largest in the world.
Despite India's linguistic and religious diversity, the 2014 general elections have given the
newly elected Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, a strong mandate, proving the maturity of Indian democracy.
US India trade has been steadily growing .
In 2016, India GDP was an estimated $2.3 trillion and Indi's GDP was up by an estimated 7.6.
U.S. goods and services trade with India totaled an estimated $114.8 billion in 2016.
Exports were $42.0 billion; imports were $72.8 billion.
India is currently America's 9th largest goods trading partner with $67.7 billion in
total (two way) goods trade during 2016.
Goods exports totaled $21.7 billion; goods imports totaled $46.0 billion.
Trade in services with India (exports and imports) totaled an estimated $47.2 billion in 2016.
Services exports were $20.3 billion; services imports were $26.8 billion.
According to the Department of Commerce, U.S. exports of Goods and Services to India supported
an estimated 197,000 jobs in 2015, 82,000 supported by goods exports and 116,000 supported
by services exports.
With respect to terrorism, India in the past 15 years has lost more people to jihadi killers
than any other nation in the world.
This is mainly due to Pakistan sponsored terrorists, who are pushed into India by the notorious
intelligence agency of Pakistan, ISI.
India has long accused Pakistan of harboring terrorists, and recently many important people
from politics and military in US have acknowledged this fact.
One of them is Congressman Ted Poe, who sometime back said:
"Not only is Pakistan an untrustworthy ally, Islamabad has also aided and abetted enemies
of the United States for years,"
He added while introducing the bill, "From harboring Osama bin Laden to its cozy relationship
with the Haqqani network, there is more than enough evidence to determine whose side Pakistan
is on in the War on Terror.
And it's not America's.
It is time we stop paying Pakistan for its betrayal and designate it for what it is:
a State Sponsor of Terrorism."
Just at the time of Trump and Modi meeting, the United States has designated Hizbul Mujahideen
leader Syed Salahuddin as a global terrorist.
Indo US joint statement has specifically mentioned Pakistan, and asked it to stop supporting terrorists.
The international military presence in Afghanistan has shrunk dramatically, and even with a slower
pace of troop withdrawal, the country's security situation has already worsened.
After 15 years of involvement in Afghanistan, the United States has a strong interest in
a stable future for the fragile democracy.
India too wants a secure and peaceful Afghanistan.
India and Afghanistan share a long history.
During the Soviet-Afghan war (1979-89), India was the only South Asian nation to recognize
the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
India has been supporting Afghanistan as it limps back to it own feet.
From training Afghan forces in counter insurgency operations to providing military equipment
to afghan military, India's role has been acknowledge by both Afghanistan and US.
Seen as a friend by most Afghans, India is the fifth-largest bilateral donor to Afghanistan.
India has so far given financial assistance worth over $2 billion to Afghanistan and has
been involved in massive developmental efforts in the war-torn country
Salma Dam, an ambitious $300 million hydroelectric and irrigation dam, as well as Afghanistan's
new Parliament building is build by India.
Washington and New Delhi are getting a lot more serious about military-to-military ties.
As the United States and India become more wary of an increasingly assertive China, the
two countries are gradually edging closer together.
China's sweeping claims of sovereignty over the south china sea have provoked competing
claimants Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei, Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Non-claimants like USA and India want the South China Sea to remain as international
waters with freedom of navigation, whereas China want to control this major trade way.
China's military modernization and aggressive posturing has not gone unnoticed by both US and India.
A tightening of relations between US and India is something that was already accelerating
under Barack Obama and Manmohan Singh, whose administrations saw the need for mutual cooperation
in this matter.
Trump and Modi meet seem to have a cemented the strategic ties further, with US clearing
the sale of 22 MQ-9B Guardian drone made by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to India.
These unarmed surveillance drones, worth more than $2 billion will be used keep watch over
the Indian Ocean and enable India to keep a tab on Chinese activities.
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