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1.2. Background
♤ For most of the period after India achieved independence in 1947, the U.S. viewed South Asia as a region largely peripheral to its strategic needs.
♤ During the 1962 Sino-Indian war, the U.S. publicly supported India’s interpretation of its
♤ India attached much significance to autonomy in international matters.
♤ India’s “non-aligned” foreign policy thus became a source of considerable irritation to the
♤ In essence, during the Cold War India refused to promote U.S. grand strategic goals and offered few economic benefits, while posing little direct military threat to American interests. India therefore was largely ignored.
♤ New Delhi realized that a closer relationship with Washington could help them fill the
♤ Since the end of Cold War and increasingly in the last decade common strategic interests such as managing the rise of China, ensuring maritime security and confronting international terrorism combined with shared values such as democracy have driven these relations.
o allows India to reserve all its indigenous uranium for its weapons programme, and
♤ The civil nuclear agreement has played an important role in:
1.3.2. India-US Cooperation on Nuclear Energy: Historic Background
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