• Anwesha Dasgupta

The Indo-U.S relation has transformed into an increasingly close strategic partnership over the years. Symbolic terms like ‘Natural Allies1’ or ‘Defining partnership of the 21st century2’ were used to illuminate the growing bonhomie and also made many wonder over the possibility of an alliance in the near future if situation so arise. With turn of another decade the international system is confronted with impending threats in the form of Russian aggression in Ukraine, consistent Chinese border incursions and expansion in Central and South Asia or the Taliban upsurge in Afghanistan. Such threats pose serious concern to maintenance of security, stability and other global and regional strategic interests of both U.S and India. This article tries to understand that after several years of building a pronounced strategic partnership to cooperate over common interests and mitigate threats to those; why are we not witnessing any sign of formal alliance between India and U.S. This article argues that despite emergence of mutual threats like the rise of Islamic fundamentalism through resurgence of Taliban or Chinese regional aggression; formation of formal Indo-U.S alliance has not occurred in light of fundamental difference over long term structural perspectives given one being a superpower and the other a rising power, variance in strategic thinking, divergence over the means and outcomes of common interests and the specific international system they seek to uphold.

Alliance, flexibility, Indo-U.S, strategic interests, threats.

"Alluding Alliance: The INDO-U.S Trajectory in the New Decade", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.e419-e430, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309450.pdf

"Alluding Alliance: The INDO-U.S Trajectory in the New Decade", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppe419-e430, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309450.pdf