In foreign policy as well, both countries’ reputations are burdened with the problems of longstanding disputes over Taiwan and Kashmir. Moreover, in the US, the attraction of an authoritarian China is limited by the concern that it could become a future threat.
印度得益于国内政治，但是深受官僚主义之害。在外交政策上也是一样，两国的声誉都背负着久拖不决的台湾问题和克什米尔问题。而且，在美国，专制主义的中国的吸引力受限于其有可能成为未来的威胁的担忧。