"When it comes to regional issues, Clinton should make the case that the expanding US-Indian relationship gives Indian leaders more strategic flexibility.
They can stop trying to match their Chinese counterparts in backing regimes, such as those in Burma and Sri Lanka, that have committed gross human-rights abuses against their own people. If a shared respect for democratic values forms the foundation for the burgeoning US-India partnership, Indian leaders should be able to heed any such counsel from Clinton," the Saturday July 18, editorial in Boston Globe said.
Full text of the editorial follows:
IF THERE is any part of the developing world that has bright prospects for stability and prosperity, it is southern and eastern
Under the agreement,
Now that the nuclear accord is a done deal and the Congress Party of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has won a smashing victory in recent parliamentary elections,
When it comes to regional issues,
She could tell her Indian interlocutors that friends don’t let friends become the enablers of abusive neighbors.
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