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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures while addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2016.

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Analysis & Opinions - The Washington Post

Our next president must maintain America’s strong partnership with India

| June 3, 2016

In this June 3 Washington Post op Ed, Professor Burns details the dramatic rise of India as a strategic partner of the United States. During the last two decades, Washington and Delhi have transformed a once deeply suspicious and often contentious relationship into one with expanding ties in counter terrorism, homeland security, science and technology, defense, clean energy and other areas. Burns stresses that our next president should continue this bipartisan push to make India one of our most important friends in an increasingly fragile Asian security environment.