High-ranking officials from India and the US, led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, have been meeting every summer since 2010. Dubbed "strategic dialogues," these meetings involve high-level discussions between key US agencies and Indian ministries and cover a broad range of political, economic, defence and security issues. Officials in both countries point to these dialogues as evidence that the two democracies are closer than ever before. … [Read more...]