Elections in the United states: Indian Perspective
India and the United States have always shared a blow hot, blow cold
relationship. The United States wants to forge a new relationship with India
because India has nuclear weapons, is a fellow democracy, is the fastest
growing economy, and in the next 25 years will be the world’s fourth largest
economy beating France and Germany. So what happens now that the US is
headed to get a new President?
Many US Presidents have visited India in hopes of establishing an amicable
nuclear relationship. They have all gone back unsuccessful. The main reason
why India is visible on the world map nowadays is because it is a nuclear
power. Why would the Indians want to give that away?
So, with Presidential elections round the corner, will India be affected?
Possibly not. The reasons are:
· India is an important world entity, to which both the Congress and the
Democrats agree.
· If the Democrats were to be elected, they would support the nuclear
deal because it is a question of national security for the United States.
· The Indo-US relationship has become stronger because of the
proposed civil nuclear deal.
· Clinton re-opened the India-United States relationship in 2000 by
visiting India. Bush has taken the relationship ahead by visiting India
and renewing connections. Clinton is a Democrat and Bush is
Republican. India has benefited from both.
· India, China and Pakistan are all competing to become a powerful
world economy. United States will be giving India a new development
faucet to derive its energy while safeguarding its own interest.
Whether it is trade, investment or agriculture, India and the United
States are working eye to eye.
For the first time ever, the relationship between the United States and India
is being formed on an equal ground. The reason is that India’s economy is
growing at an amazing rate, and India’s economy is very important from a
global perspective.
The big question is that once elected, could any of the Presidential
candidates change the dynamic relationship between the United States and
India?
First let’s have a look at the republican candidate John Mc Cain. He ,being a
republican candidate means that India need not hurry with the passing of the
Indo-nuclear deal as John McCain is one of those who has always supported
the deal. Rumors have also started floating up that, if at all John McCain was
to become president, then Bobby Jindal may actually be made the vice
president .Definitely, India has a lot to gain from this eventuality.
Democrats have always been Indophile, in fact a majority of them always
seen India as a key ally of the United states but also a majority of them
are/were non-proliferators which means there could be more obstacles as far
as the Indo-US deal is concerned .However, if Hillary Rodham Clinton was
that democrat who was to win the race, then India could benefit from this. It
is also said that American Indians raised close to $2bn for Clinton’s
campaign.
Senator Barrack Obama seems to be the uncertain party as to whether is
actually keen on taking the Indo-US relationship to another level but
nonetheless in his electoral speeches, he has hinted and given an indication
that he cannot neglect India because of her growing stature in the world
politics.
Anyway, exactly a year from now, we will have an answer to this very
intriguing question.
India and the United States have always shared a blow hot, blow cold
relationship. The United States wants to forge a new relationship with India
because India has nuclear weapons, is a fellow democracy, is the fastest
growing economy, and in the next 25 years will be the world’s fourth largest
economy beating France and Germany. So what happens now that the US is
headed to get a new President?
Many US Presidents have visited India in hopes of establishing an amicable
nuclear relationship. They have all gone back unsuccessful. The main reason
why India is visible on the world map nowadays is because it is a nuclear
power. Why would the Indians want to give that away?
So, with Presidential elections round the corner, will India be affected?
Possibly not. The reasons are:
· India is an important world entity, to which both the Congress and the
Democrats agree.
· If the Democrats were to be elected, they would support the nuclear
deal because it is a question of national security for the United States.
· The Indo-US relationship has become stronger because of the
proposed civil nuclear deal.
· Clinton re-opened the India-United States relationship in 2000 by
visiting India. Bush has taken the relationship ahead by visiting India
and renewing connections. Clinton is a Democrat and Bush is
Republican. India has benefited from both.
· India, China and Pakistan are all competing to become a powerful
world economy. United States will be giving India a new development
faucet to derive its energy while safeguarding its own interest.
Whether it is trade, investment or agriculture, India and the United
States are working eye to eye.
For the first time ever, the relationship between the United States and India
is being formed on an equal ground. The reason is that India’s economy is
growing at an amazing rate, and India’s economy is very important from a
global perspective.
The big question is that once elected, could any of the Presidential
candidates change the dynamic relationship between the United States and
India?
First let’s have a look at the republican candidate John Mc Cain. He ,being a
republican candidate means that India need not hurry with the passing of the
Indo-nuclear deal as John McCain is one of those who has always supported
the deal. Rumors have also started floating up that, if at all John McCain was
to become president, then Bobby Jindal may actually be made the vice
president .Definitely, India has a lot to gain from this eventuality.
Democrats have always been Indophile, in fact a majority of them always
seen India as a key ally of the United states but also a majority of them
are/were non-proliferators which means there could be more obstacles as far
as the Indo-US deal is concerned .However, if Hillary Rodham Clinton was
that democrat who was to win the race, then India could benefit from this. It
is also said that American Indians raised close to $2bn for Clinton’s
campaign.
Senator Barrack Obama seems to be the uncertain party as to whether is
actually keen on taking the Indo-US relationship to another level but
nonetheless in his electoral speeches, he has hinted and given an indication
that he cannot neglect India because of her growing stature in the world
politics.
Anyway, exactly a year from now, we will have an answer to this very
intriguing question.
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