India can thank Uncle Sam for Julia Gillard’s uranium backflip

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s dramatic decision to open the door to uranium exports to India came after talks with the Obama administration, which viewed the ban as a “fly in the ointment” to greater engagement between Washington, New Delhi and Australia in the Indian Ocean region. As tensions rise on the seas throughout East Asia and the Indian Ocean, Washington is pushing for a stronger three-way security and economic relationship with India and Australia.

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