3 Responses to “Obama And India”

1. KXB, on July 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 am Said:

   Nice piece – although I don’t know if it was you or your editors who insisted on the tiresome E.M. Forster reference. An American diplomat’s trip to Japan would not result in continuous references to Shogun.

   But aside from that minor matter, the article reinforces my own early opinions about Obama. While he was president-elect, his public talk of getting more involved in Kashmir was just that – talk. Once the reality of Indian stubborness set in, he would abandon such talk, and instead focus on areas where India and the U.S. can continue to cooperate.

   It’s too bad that while plenty of books are written about Nixon going to China, Bush’s peaceful revolutionizing of relations with India has not garnered the same attention.

2. Daniel Larison, on July 23rd, 2009 at 11:42 am Said:

   I didn’t choose the title. Bush’s handling of India will end up being remembered as probably the only very important thing he got right, but because it was so important that he get it right it will probably make him appear much better on foreign policy in hindsight as the U.S.-India relationship grows. It will be this, and not any “judgment of history” on his many blunders, that will improve his reputation somewhat in the future.

3. Sean S., on July 24th, 2009 at 8:21 am Said:

   I’m not quite sure how much climate change is a non-starter to the rural Indian and Chinese masses; atleast in the sense of overwrought industrialization, I’m fairly sure theres a potent, if not organized, backlash to many of the industrial plans of both countries. I doubt that will crystallize into support for Cophenhagen, but I believe that many of the industrial dreams thats are being sold in each country are not accepted warmly, especially considering the inability of either country to get a cap on social upheaval and economic malaise.

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