Eagle and the Elephant

The Eagle and the Elephant shows how economic engagement directly affects U.S. cooperation with India on strategic issues. Through case studies of major efforts, including civil nuclear cooperation, services outsourcing, antiterrorism, and electricity generation and the environment, Raymond E. Vickery Jr. presents both successful and unsuccessful instances of complex collaborations between the two nations.

Vickery draws on his own experience in the Commerce Department and as an economic consultant. Buttressed by information from official sources, journalistic accounts, and interviews, he offers new insight into the interplay of legislative and executive branch officials, policy proponents, business and nonprofit organizations, and activists.

Vickery explores how the United States employs commercial diplomacy as only one component of an overall economic engagement in the formation and implementation of foreign policy. This interaction, Vickery argues, has the potential to increase intergovernmental confidence and cooperation in areas vital to both countries and to world security and peace.

“This well-written study will be useful to advanced readeres interested in India's economic development and the Indo-US economic relationship.”

A book written by an insider in the Clinton administration is bound to pique interest among those keen on unravelling the driving force behind India-US relations. The Eagle and the Elephant does not disappoint... A must read for anyone interested in doing business in, or with, India. India, Inc. Choice The USA-China-India triangle in going to define the future of global politics in more ways than one. [Vickery's book] significantly enhance[s] our understanding of this triad and the possible future trajectories of Sino-Indian and Indo-US ties. Asian Affairs

Raymond E. Vickery Jr. was Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development in the Clinton administration and is currently Of Counsel to the law firm of Hogan Lovells and Senior Director of Albright Stonebridge Group. He was a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2008-9.

The Eagle and the Elephant shows how economic engagement directly affects U.S. cooperation with India on strategic issues. Through case studies of major efforts, including civil nuclear cooperation, services outsourcing, antiterrorism, and electricity generation and the environment, Raymond E. Vickery Jr. presents both successful and unsuccessful instances of complex collaborations between the two nations. Vickery draws on his own experience in the Commerce Department and as an economic consultant. Buttressed by information from official sources, journalistic accounts, and interviews, he offers new insight into the interplay of legislative and executive branch officials, policy proponents, business and nonprofit organizations, and activists.Vickery explores how the United States employs commercial diplomacy as only one component of an overall economic engagement in the formation and implementation of foreign policy. This interaction, Vickery argues, has the potential to increase intergovernmental confidence and cooperation in areas vital to both countries and to world security and peace.

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