Markey, Daniel

India as it is: Washington and New Delhi share interest, not values - Foreign Affairs - 102(4), Jul-Aug, 2023: p.128-143

It has been ritual for decades. Whenever American policymakers travel to India, they sing paeans to the beauty of India politics, to the country’s diversity, and to the shared values connecting in the worlds of multiple Us. President “the world’s oldest democracy and “the world’s largest democracy. “This rhetoric may be gauzy, and it is certainly grandiose. But to Washington, it is not empty. In the view of US policymakers, common democratic principles will be the foundation of an enduring US – Indian relationship, one with broad strategic significance. – Reproduced