Gates and the Great Game

Headline: Gates and the Great Game
Newspaper/publication: The Indian Express
Topic: Defence/Foreign Policy
Date: 25 Feb 2008
When US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates swings through New Delhi this week, India’s civil nuclear
initiative is unlikely to be at the top of his agenda. To be sure, there are growing anxieties in
Washington about the UPA government’s inability to bring around its communist allies on a deal that is
so patently in India’s favour. Gates, however, knows that there is very little that Washington can do to
change the political dynamics in New Delhi. On the other hand, he has every reason to be pleased with
the progress on bilateral defence cooperation. From expanded engagement….
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