抓住莫迪时刻 在总理访问前夕重振美印关系[20140922].pdf

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4 P O L I C Y B R I E FSeizing the Modi MomentReenergizing U.S.-India Ties on the Eve of the Prime Ministers VisitBy Richard FontaineThe landslide victory of Narendra Modis Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)in May produced a historic realignment of political forces in India.In becoming the first party in thirty years to seize an outright majority in parliament,the BJP decimated its rival Congress Party and won a mandate for sweeping domestic reform,especially in the economic sphere.1 Four months after Modis inauguration as Prime Minister,he will visit the United States for the United Nations General Assembly and for meetings with President Barack Obama.The Prime Ministers visit represents a key opportunity for the United States and India to recharge a critical bilateral relationship after several years of stagnation and a divisive diplomatic row.An ambitious but realistic agenda of deepened political,economic and security ties would reflect the importance of this strategic partnership and reverberate in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.The Prime Ministers September visit to the United States will mark an attempt by both Washington and New Delhi to move beyond the