Abstract :
US-India strategic partnership in the volatile region of South Asia is a complex
phenomenon. Prior to World War – II, there had no significance of South Asia in the eyes
of US, but now the importance strategic of the region has changed drastically. The region is
now well equipped with nuclear weapons and missiles as well as by regional proxies as
non-state actors with intensified terrorism on high profile. Pakistan, Afghanistan and India
are at the centre stage of all these activities. This article explores how the US changed its
strategic priorities in the South Asian region with changing sequences and its partners with
the change of time gradually and got concrete shape between 2000 - 2016. This partnership
saga that was sparked late in Clinton administration (1993-2001) and carried out fully
during the Bush administration (2001-2008), as well as has been retained by the Obama
administration (2009-2016) as significant part of Pivot to Asia (2011) and got the attention
in recent renewal of the Mutual Defense Framework (2015) between Barack Obama and
Narendera Mod
Keyword :
Clash of Interest, Balance of Power, Strategic Partnership, South Asia, Cold War, Global Order