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    ISAS Briefs

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    361: Obama’s Visit to India: Review of Defence Relationship

    Jayant Singh, Research Assistant, ISAS

    5 February 2015

    US President Barack Obama’s second coming to India , from 25 to 27 January 2015, was a visit of many firsts. In the days and weeks leading up to his visit media chatter ha d predominantly focused on rude and intrusive secret service agents and the heightened security measures around the capital, New Delhi. B ut as the President’s Air Force One took off from Andrews Air Force base in Washington DC , policy wonks and media pundits got down to business , and the chatter turned towards the bilateral agenda