The growing defence cooperation between India and the United States is considered to be the brightest spot on the tapestry of bilateral relations. It appears less burdened by complaints and counter-complaints than, say, the trade and economic relationship.
Both sides see each other as partners in need with basic convergence of views on crucial issues of maritime security, freedom of navigation and the need to maintain the rule of law in the wilds of the oceans—the Pacific and the Indian—where a new power is rising.