INDIA DIGS IN ITS HEELS

摘要

Since india's con-gress party celebrated its huge election victory on May 16, punditshave predicted that relations between D.C. and a newly empowered Delhi would grow cozier. But so far the signs aren't promising. India is already angry over a Washington-hatched plan to resolve the Kashmir dispute that would require New Delhi to reduce its troops in Kashmir. Such a move might comfort Pakistan, but it would test Indians' patience-which was already badly strained by last November's Pakistan-based terror attacks(to which Delhi hasn't responded). The Obama administration also wants India to agree to a ban on nuclear-weapons tests, but India worries that would freeze its fledgling weapons program and leave the country vulnerable to attack. Finally, New Delhi has stymied past trade negotiations because the U.S. refused to cut its agricultural subsidies. After its win this month, the Congress party will be less, not more, likely to compromise, since it rode to victory on rural support. None of these problems are insurmountable. But they do suggest that the celebration's already over and the hard part lies ahead.