(Corrected Version) Asia Insights Weekly: Reality in US-India Relations

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March 20, 2013           Your Weekly Update from The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center Yesterday's edition of Asia Insights Weekly included a broken link. We've updated it below to ensure you can access all of the Asian Studies Center's research and analysis. Please accept our apologies for the confusion. The Importance of Reality in US-India East Asia Cooperation By Walter Lohman An evaluation of why South Asia matters to America’s East Asia policy and how the region’s dominant power, India, can be effectively incorporated into it must begin with a clear conception of U.S. policy goals in East Asia and the current tools at its disposal.   Fundamentally, the objective of U.S policy in the Western Pacific should be – as it has been since the end of World War II – to backstop to peace, security, freedom, and prosperity. The main tools the U.S. employs in this effort are its alliance network, forward deployed military presence, and support for free commerce. Secondary tools include bilateral and multilateral diplomatic engagement. U.S.-India relations fall into a subcategory of this diplomatic category. With this as context, the questions then follow: What interests do the U.S. and India share in East Asia and what does each bring to the table to meet them? Read the Rest >>

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