The future of the United States and India, in broad terms, beckons largely from the same direction. Thus, it was encouraging to learn that a substantive meeting between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India in London recently went well. Obama called India a critical partner, and Singh described the president as [...]

WASHINGTON — As I made my way from one national-security discussion to another, the conversation never strayed far from an imposing topic: the 21st century’s emerging or renascent powers. Whether Americans like it or not, they must share influence with several countries that have risen in prominence, notably China, India and Russia.

Political violence of the kind that recently rocked India will necessarily dominate the agenda of President-elect Barack Obama and his newly announced national security team.
In addition to killing or injuring hundreds of people from various countries, the miscreants in Mumbai assaulted the world’s sense of decency in ways similar to the Sept. 11 perpetrators. Such [...]

Terrorist cowardice was in full view last week, as bombs ripped through Istanbul, and in other recent attacks that devastated the Indian cities of Bangalore and Ahmedabad. Those atrocities, which killed or injured hundreds of people, should remind us that the next attack can come at any time or place. Americans who have been watching [...]

Hardly a breath passes in today’s busy world without the mention of India. It is as if that emerging power’s presence reaches in all directions, demanding a voice in every significant global conversation. Indeed, some have argued that the “Age of India” is upon us.
At the very least, the 21st century will witness New Delhi’s [...]