Hesitations historic and present

It is a fact that hardly needs to be stated that relations between India and the United States have progressed greatly in the past two decades. In 2016, addressing a joint session of Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the bilateral relationship had overcome “the hesitations of history”, and “turned barriers into bridges of partnership”. But, as we await another such speech, have new hesitations emerged? And, if so, are new barriers in the path of India-US engagement the same as those in the past, or new ones?

Since ties first achieved an apparently unstoppable momentum, back when George W

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