A New Global Defense Posture for the Second Transoceanic Era (2007)

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A New Global Defense Posture for the Second Transoceanic Era

Andrew Krepinevich
Robert O. Work

http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/R.20070420.A_New_Global_Defen/R.20070420.A_New_Global_Defen.pdf

Remaining to be seen is the impact that a growing US relationship with India will have on the
broader US Asian defense posture. As former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in 2005,
"Now India is, in effect, a strategic partner, not because of compatible domestic structures but
because of parallel security interests in Southwest Asia and the Indian ocean, and vis-à-vis
radical Islam."552 However, delays to a proposed deal between the United States and India over
US support for the development of India's commercial nuclear infrastructure prevented any
further deepening of the strategic ties between the two countries. However, on December 8,
2006, a bill proposing US-India civilian nuclear cooperation was passed by an overwhelming
majority in both the US House of Representatives and the Senate, ending the long period of
uncertainty over the fate of the deal and paving the way for improved relations between the two
countries.553 Given India's location in South Asia, the United States has many incentives to
continue to develop this strategic relationship, which may someday lead to potential new access
agreements and arrangements in the Indian Ocean.