The three word message "Four more years" from Barak Obama waked up the Americans and the World on Wednesday from the White House after Obama re-elected to the Head of White House again.Not wasting any moment congratulatory messages started flowing from Presidnet Pranab Mukherji, PM Manmohan Singh and othe ministers.
Now what next Obama has for India ?
We rememeber Obama took lot of time to look towards India during his first term. In 2008 he concentrated much on China and feeding Pakistan as he considered both these nations as the rooms of his security fort of South-Asia.But giving a feather touch he hosted Manmohan Singh as the first foreign leader at the White House after his coronation. He even did'nt forgot to gift India with the assurance of supporting India's sit in UN Security council (the long lasting demand of India).
From India’s perspective, the United States has not delivered on its promise to cajole greater cooperation out of Pakistan.From the US perspective, India has disappointed tremendously on a host of issues, ranging from New Delhi’s stance on nuclear civil liability, the awarding of the MMRCA (Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft) contract to France’s Dassault, Iran, Libya and Syria.Another major issue which is a big concern for India is outsourcing. Truly Obama has attacked Romney for outsourcing American jobs to India and China.
But in his second term Obama considers India as a 'defining Partner' for the US in every arena. Even more predictable and faithfull than China. Even in the Afgan policy he appreciates the Indian role.He certainly thinks New Delhi and Washington will need to engage in a serious dialogue about the future of Afghanistan where they both seek to uproot terrorist structures, in order to pool their resources and reinforce each other’s policies and avoid working at cross-purposes.
While India does not mind the US being a little unsettled about China’s rise, it does not want to see a security alliance against China being put in place by the Americans. India wants to improve cordial relations with the US and its allies in Southeast Asia, but does not want any single power dominating the region. Similarly, India is having a close watch on the rising tension between the US and Iran, since it is likely to have an adverse impact on the Gulf and West Asia, which will surely affect India because it is that region from where much of India’s energy needs are met and a region where over six million Indians live and work.
Therefore i think Therefore, despite a likely push by Obama in his second term for stronger and closer relations with India(both diplomatic and strategic), Indo-US relations may not move up to any dramatic level in the coming days.
