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India’s most important bilateral relationship may not be with the United States, or China, or even Pakistan. Objectively, it’s our bond with Japan that may be most vital. No country is, at the moment, more capable of contributing to transforming our economy than is Japan; and only with the US does a security partnership have more potential.
But, in spite of the warmest possible atmospherics, under both current and past administrations, India has not moved swiftly enough to take advantage of the possibilities inherent in this relationship. This is another way in which India’s development trajectory and priorities are visibly
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