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AT: U.S. India RelationsU.S. Inidan relations dramatically improving and resilient because of Bush’s acceptance of India’s rise C. Raja Mohan (professor of South Asian studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is also a member of TWQ’s editorial board) 2008: India’s Quest for Continuity. www.twq.com/08autumn_mohan.pdf Indian-U.S. relations have seen a transformation thanks to Bush’s willingness to take a strategic view of India’s exceptionalism and its rise, as well as recognition of the United States’ benefits in accommodating India in a new global order. India’s rise will increasingly be palpable on all issues of global importance, such as liberalizing global trade, mitigating the effects of global warming and constructing a regime for the steady reduction of worldwide carbon emissions, promoting liberal values in the world, and reconstructing global institutions to reflect changing realities on the ground. This much is clear. Equally clear is the fact that India has made up its mind to pursue a long-term strategic partnership with the United States. Despite its prolonged hand wringing at implementing the civil nuclear initiative amidst fierce domestic political resistance to a new relationship with Washington, in the summer of 2008 the Indian National Congress put its government, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, at risk to clinch a new partnership with the United States. As the Indian Communist parties were withdrawing support from his government in New Delhi, Singh stood with Bush on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in Japan to declare, “Our relationship with the United States has never been in such good shape as it is today.... And it is the intention of my government ... whether it is a question of climate change ... [or] global economy, India and [the United States] must stand tall, stand shoulder to shoulder, and that’s what is going to happen.”15 U.S. Indian relations resilient – India wants to try to work together C. Raja Mohan (professor of South Asian studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is also a member of TWQ’s editorial board) 2008: India’s Quest for Continuity. www.twq.com/08autumn_mohan.pdf Unlike the dominant sentiment in the United States and many other countries for change in Washington, New Delhi seeks continuity in its engagement with the next U.S. administration. Although much of the world cannot wait to see the back of the Bush administration, New Delhi, in contrast, immensely values the historic changes already wrought by the Clinton and Bush administrations in the U.S. approach to India. President Bill Clinton ended the historic U.S. tilt toward Pakistan in its protracted conflict with India over Jammu and Kashmir. President George W. Bush has sought to resolve the long-standing U.S. dispute with India on nonproliferation with a civil nuclear initiative that integrates India into the global order on terms favorable to New Delhi. Such a partnership is important for both countries, the South Asian region, policy toward Iran, and the management of China’s rise.
It has been nearly a week since Iraqis stepped into the ballot box and made history once again. Even some Western experts who predicted a 55 percent-60 percent turnout were surprised when the election commission announced that 62 percent of Iraq voted. Partial results released Thursday evening from five of Iraq’s 18 provinces showed Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki with a slight lead. Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi was doing well in Sunni areas north and west. Final results may take weeks “setting the stage for intense political maneuvering,” The New York Times predicts. According to the Associated Press [1], “No bloc was expected to gain an outright majority, meaning that those who do well will have to negotiate to form alliances and choose a prime minister.” In a column [2] on Tuesday, Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal offered his impression of the elections: “In the run-up to the vote, the general view among Iraqis and foreign observers alike was that the outcome was “too close to call.” Linger over the words: “Too close to call” has never before been part of the Arab political lexicon.” The New York Times editorial [3] on Tuesday spoke of the Iraqis “tremendous courage and determination.” The U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, called it “a new beginning for the U.S. relationship with Iraq that we hope will stretch for decades to come.” US-Iraq relations high now Laipson 10 [Ellen Laipson, Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), Special Assistant to the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At the NIC, Laipson co-managed the interdisciplinary study Global Trends 2015 and directed the NIC’s outreach to think tanks and research organizations on a wide range of national security topics, “The future of US-Iraq relations”, Stimson Center, http://stimson.org/pub.cfm?ID=954] The official relationship between the United States and Iraq is in transition, governed by the 2008 Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA), which provides the broad architecture for the future. After a long period of a security-driven relationship, diplomats and private citizens in both countries will now play a more important role in advancing cooperation on matters of mutual interest, such as food security, environment, education, and health. Directory: files -> documents documents -> North Mankato Taylor Library documents -> In the Red and Brown Water documents -> - documents -> I. Disaster Summary Sheet II. Tropical Cyclones documents -> Cbp and Trade Automated Interface Requirements Appendix: pga december 22, 2015 documents -> Ace abi catair customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements documents -> Ace abi catair customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements documents -> Mobile audio/video recording systems documents -> Cartographic Concepts for Realizing a Location Based umts service documents -> 1/ Background Statistics Human development index rank Download 2.71 Mb. Share with your friends:
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