OP-ED: 'Forget the Israel Lobby. The Hill's Next Big Player Is Made in India.' By Mira Kamdar, Washington Post, September 30, 2007; Page B03

I do believe this is coming: the rise of Indian influence inside this country. Part will be the money and power attached to all those immigrants, part will be attached to our economy's ties to India, and part will be attached simply to India's own emergence on the world stage.

But have no doubt: in the future we'll pretty much always be asking India what it thinks about things before we do anything. That's how important India will become.

That's why simplistic approaches on Iran have to be avoided. Iran is a key harbinger of our ties with a lot of important New Core pillars besides our usual considerations with the EU, Israel and Saudi Arabia.