Brahma Chellaney Strategic Quotations

China is pleased the deal will place restraints on India's nuclear program but concerned at the showcasing of the new strategic partnership with Washington.

While it is clear India wants to be America's friend and strategic partner, it is less obvious whether the U.S. wants to be India's friend or merely capitalize on this country's growing geopolitical importance and abundant market opportunities.

The essence of this strategic partnership is to provide a countervailing influence to China ... to act as a restraint on the exercise of Chinese power.