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    436 : A Glimpse of a ‘Strategic Handshake’: Towards a New Indo-US Partnership

    P S Suryanarayana, Editor (Current Affairs) at ISAS

    10 June 2016

    The latest decision of the United States to treat India as a “Major Defense Partner” is not surprising. This denouement was virtually anticipated, during the 15th Asia Security Summit, organised in Singapore by The International Institute for Strategic Studies in early-June 2016. Significantly, the new Indo-American entente will be a key factor in conceiving an Asia-Pacific (Indo-Pacific) security order, depending on how long the US-India „strategic and technological handshake‟ lasts.