[Diplomacy] India-US love and hate relationship and future

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Why is India unhappy with USA? Why is USA unhappy with India? Why does USA want to strengthen relations with India? What is Middle East? 2Markers for Mains o What is QRSAM? o Dornier transport aircraft

Why is India unhappy with USA?

Barack Obama tried to appoint an envoy to meddle in the Kashmir issue, he skipped it after India protested. Initially He tried to improve one-on-one relations with China while keeping India out of picture. He talks about heavy taxation on American firms that are outsourcing work to India. He has taken no concrete action to include India as a permanent member of UN Security Council, merely doing lip-service. He wants to make peace and secret-deals with Good Talibans so that USA troops can exit from Afghanistan pretty soon but Krisha didnt like it. NATO forces are leaving Afghanistan by 2014, and India fears that Afghanistan will again become a Talibanized client of Pakistan. David Headly case: US spy agencies knew about 26/11 attack in advance but they did not warn India and kept mum. There are also allegations that American companies are financing certain NGOs, to stir up agitations against Nuke plants that are running on machinery supplied by France and Russia. Mohan had hinted about this, during an interview but

then did not have the guts to openly name the culprits and take action against them.

Why is USA unhappy with India?

Nuclear liability law. If an American firm supplies defective equipment to nuclear facility in India and if disaster happens, that firm will have to pay heavy fines. American companies lost the tender to supply 126 fighter jets worth $10 billion USD to India. The contract was awarded to Frances Dassault Aviation for their Rafael fightjet, which is to serve Indian Airforce as medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA). It was India's biggest ever defence contract. India has not stopped importing crude-oil from USA's archenemy Iran. During the democratic uprising in Middle East**, India did not fully and vociferously backup every move of USA. Indian Government was almost silent on bloodshed in Syria and Libya because of our workers living there.

Why does USA want to strengthen relations with India?

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USA's relationships with Pakistan's are collapsed after the case of CIA Agent Ramond Davis, killing of Laden, Death of Pakistani soldiers in a drone attacks and subsequent closing of NATO supply lines by Pakistani Government. Initially, President Obama tried to improve relations with China, but it hasnt worked out well. India's bilateral trade with China= $74 billion in 2011 India's bilateral trade with the USA= $58 billion in 2011 Therefore, USA wants to increase the trade with India and surpass China.

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What is Middle East?

Important for Mains and GS (CSAT / World Geography

Arabian Peninsula = Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Middle East = ^Arabian Peninsula + Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Iran, and Iraq. But According to some definitions, Turkey, Afghanistan, Libya, Sudan, Cyprus, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco are also considered to be part of Middle East. (Observe their locations in your Atlas)

2Markers for Mains What is QRSAM?

Quick reaction surface to air missile At present, Indian air force has an outdated Russian Kvadrat system so we want to buy new surface-to-air missiles. Needless to say, USA is interested in this tender.

Patriot surface-to-air missile system belongs to the American military. It was first used during the 1991 war in the Persian Gulf to knock down Iraqi Scud missiles. Maitri missile project is a next-generation quick-reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) with a lethal hundred per cent kill probability under development

Dornier transport aircraft

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Technically known as Dornier Do-228 , these aircrafts are used as light transport or personnel carrier They will be procured from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) HAL manufacturs this aircraft, under license from M/s. Dornier GmbH Company of Germany. We already have 41 such aircrafts and buying additional 14.