Indo-U.S. Military Relationship: Expectations and Perceptions

Abstract

Through in-depth interviews, this study explores the thinking of decision makers in the United States and India who are responsible for building a closer Indo-U.S. military relationship. It examines their understandings of the strategic rationale for the relationship; what the relationship should achieve and what it should avoid; expectations, reservations, and prejudices of each side toward the other; and how each side believes the relationship might be best organized and toward what ends. The Director, Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense sponsored this study to reveal opportunities for and impediments to military-to-military cooperation that might not be obvious to everyone, expose areas of agreement and misunderstandings that can affect decision making, and enrich the dialogue between the two sides.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA500476

Entities

People

  • Juli A. Macdonald

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Terrorism
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Strategic Security Studies