New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- Despite a year marked by tariff battles, confusion over Washington's China policy, and the shock of the recent India-Pakistan war, one pillar of the US-India relationship has held firm: defence cooperation. The two governments recently unveiled a new defence framework, are deepening private-sector linkages, and continue to expand military-to-military ties. Political scientist Sameer Lalwani surveyed the state of the defence relationship on last week's episode of Grand Tamasha, the weekly podcast on Indian politics and policy co-produced by Hindustan Times and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Lalwani is a senior advisor with the Special Competitive Studies Project and a non-resident senior fellow with the...