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Article: India: America's indispensable ally.(OPINION)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 11, 2009
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Byline: Xenia Dormandy
Cambridge, Mass. -- Presidential terms are a marathon of effort, but the Obama administration has started with a full sprint. Between the financial crisis and events in Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, and elsewhere, it's had to. But in rushing ahead to confront one crisis after another, it risks forgetting an crucial friend: India.
At a time when so much of the broader Middle East and South Asia is in disarray, it may be tempting to put India - an ally and friend of the United States - on the back burner. But it is precisely because India is a friend and ally, and because of the severity of regional and global problems, that the US ...