The Indian tiger

Earlier I posted An emerging alliance with India. Now Lawrence Kudlow has written a commentary for the Washington Times about "The Indian Tiger".

"In what could become the world's most significant 21st-century strategic alliance, a strengthened partnership is forming between the two largest English-speaking democracies: the United States and India. President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cemented bilateral ties in recent White House talks, paving the way for greater trade, investment and technological collaboration. In time and with the cooperation of other friendly powers in the region -- notably, Japan and Australia -- this new alliance could emerge as an essential counterweight to China. Essentially, it will be an Anglospheric alliance in Asia and the Pacific Rim.

U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, commenting on the multipoint joint statement issued after the White House meeting, declared the two countries had forged "a broad global partnership of the likes that we've not seen with India since India's founding in 1947."

But the economic front has the greatest potential. The world's largest democracy, with an industrious and increasingly educated population, is among the fastest-growing economies, with real GDP expanding at an average 5.9 percent annually, seasonally adjusted, over the last eight years, including a 7 percent gain in first-quarter 2005."

Full article. (Hat tip: Chrenkoff)

This, indeed, could become a very important alliance for the United States.