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The Long and Winding Road of U.S.-India Relations

Grand Tamasha

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What Was Happening in the Second Clinton Administration?

The Clinton administration didn't really take any action, didn't sanction China. But there was this consensus in Washington and in the larger strategic community in the US that it's better to engage China than to distance yourself. There was a realization in Washington that mediation in the Kashmir issue is a non-starter. 1997 was also the 50th anniversary of Indian independence.

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