Yet, the partnership has advanced faster than any other that India launched in the last quarter of a century. Yet there are residual issues in Washington about supplying advanced defence technologies to India and Delhi remains reluctant to inject greater political content into the security partnership. One explanation for the enduring gap between public scepticism and the positive trajectory of the India-US partnership lies in the under-estimation of the bipartisan political commitment in both countries to build a strong strategic partnership. The political enthusiasm for India in Washington was matched by the desire of successive recent governments in Delhi to transform the partnership with America. Narasimha Rao said the “sky is the limit” for the India-US partnership.

Source: Indian Express October 23, 2017 19:15 UTC