The (Ex) Washington Realist

Karl Inderfurth and Bruce Riedel spoke on the U.S.-India relationship today (see yesterday's TWR for the announcement). They were asked about the fate of the nuclear deal. Bruce said it might enter into a stage of hibernation (to be revived at a future date), Karl was more optimistic that the flak we have witnessed is a temporary setback and that things could be back on track by early 2008. But both also warned against reducing the entire Indo-American relationship to one agreement, especially if it distracts us from the entire panoply of security and economic arrangements.