U.S. bears arms in India-China rivalry - Philip Ewing and Jen Judson - POLITICO: Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to sign agreements with India to bring U.S. defense companies closer to helping the Indian navy build its own aircraft carrier and to encourage cooperation on jet engines — an effort to influence what could be the defining rivalry of the 21st century, between India and China.
Carter made the first-ever visit of an American defense chief to a major Indian naval base and is holding high-level meetings in New Delhi focused on what the Pentagon calls “maritime security cooperation.”
