Vol. 5 No. 2 (2022): Pakistan Journal of International Affairs
Articles

DEVELOPING OF US- INDIA STRATEGIC RELATIONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON CHINA

Published 2022-05-29

Abstract

In International Relations, States have been renovating their policies and decision as a changing of their interest, no one policies dogma remain same all the time. Relations of India and America are good example of this type of IR changing theory, before 1990 India opted the Non-Aligned strategy in which it had not participate in international conflict and remain aside from international market. But after that India’s introduce new reforms in its economy and emerge as a big market. Till 2000, US imposed different sanction on India on its different circumstances but when US seen China as Rising Power in Asian region, then US moving towards world largest democracy, big population, unique demographic state ‘India’ for securing and maintaining its hegemony on South-East Asian region. For establishing new strategic partnership, American government doing lots of agreement with India namely NSSP, Civil Nuclear deal, Military and naval exercises, DTTI and enhance Indian capability in its science and technology, education and pharmaceutical industries. On other side, China seems this alliance as a containment of Chinese position in Asian region then China strengthen its position especially in India’s adjacent states and increase it trading with India counter the US-India partnership. However, India remains doubt on sustainability of Indo-US alliance, in its State strategic autonomy and face trust deficiency with China’s relations