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Article: The United States and India.
- Article from:
- International Journal on World Peace
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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India has become an important country for US foreign policy, as evidenced by recent time and energy spent by the US President and Secretary of State. India's size, its increased economic interdependence with the United States, its political stability, its democratic form of government, and its geographical placement all make it a priority for foreign policy.
India is being treated as an equal and independent state, unlike many of the smaller states with less global influence. The United States sells military hardware on different terms than to most other states, like neighboring Pakistan, and President Bush has bent his position on India's adherence to the ...