During Narendra Modi’s first visit to the US as Prime Minister, both governments propose to focus on economic issues. Although Modi as well as American leaders have emphasised the value of a strategic alliance and invoked their countries’ shared democratic cultures, these commonalities are not adequate to enable Modi and US President Barack Obama to transform stagnating India-US relations into “the most important relationship of the 21st century”.
Transforming India-US relations
The newspaper Mint published an article written by Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, examining what steps India and the United States should take to transform the bilateral. The article was also carried online on Livemint