The next US president will have the opportunity to work with Republicans and Democrats in writing the next chapter with India,” Burns said. That goal mirrors Obama and Bush’s calculation that a strong India is in our interest,” he said. He said Modi’s move to transform India to a “true world power” mirrors goal of Obama and his predecessor George Bush that a strong India is in America’s national interest. India and the US face the same dilemma how to engage a “newly assertive” China in Asia, a former top American diplomat has said as he backed strong Indo-US ties. “In fact, this ‘foreign policy prime minister’, as many call him, aims to transform India itself from the dominant country in South Asia to a true world power.

Source: Indian Express June 05, 2016 09:11 UTC