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The natural behaviour of India and the United States is likely to serve each other’s interests. Hence, a deliberate strategy of dovetailing their efforts will obviously benefit both. Elaborate.

  • UPSC 2017
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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The statement echoes Atal Bihari Vajpayee's description of the two democracies as "natural allies" (1998). Its logic has two steps: structural convergence makes each state's ordinary pursuit of its interests useful to the other, and convergence yields full benefit only when policies are deliberately coordinated. The first step is strong; the second is real but…

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  • Why their natural behaviour serves each other
  • Dovetailing in practice
  • Why "obviously" overstates the case
  • What deliberate dovetailing requires
  • Conclusion
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