India, June 21 -- Indian officials are questioning how much weight New Delhi should place on public declarations of strategic partnership when Washington's actions often appear driven by a different set of calculations.

Eight years after the United States renamed its Pacific Command as the Indo-Pacific Command in what officials described as recognition of India's growing strategic importance, Washington has quietly reversed course. The Pentagon's decision last week to restore the old Pacific Command designation may not alter military deployments or operational responsibilities. Yet within sections of India's security establishment, the move has been viewed as another reminder that American rhetoric and American priorities do not always m...