The three views within India regarding the kind of relation India should possess with the United States are as follows:

(i) Analysts who view international policies in the context of military power consider that India should regulated distance from the United States while focusing upon enhancing its own national power.

(ii) Some analysts view the growing convergence of interests between India as well as the United States as a historic opportunity for India. They tend to suggest plans that are inclined to benefit India via taking advantage of United States hegemony as well as mutual convergences to establish the best rational option for itself.

(iii) Some other groups comprising of analysts advocate that India should be taking a lead in establishing a certain coalition of nations from the developing world which will assist in discouraging the hegemon away from its dominating means.