Democrat administration may want to revise N-deal: expert

NEW DELHI: A Democrat-led administration in the US may want to revise the civilian nuclear deal with India if elected to power, an American expert said here today.

At a seminar organised by the Aspen Institute India, Charles Kupchan, senior fellow, Council of Foreign Relations, said he felt the Democrats may go ahead with the deal but may link it to New Delhi's support on issues such as Iran.

The next US president will be presiding over a deeply divided country, he said, adding given the current situation in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the president will take office with the most inauspicious set of geopolitical circumstances imaginable.

American foreign policy will be erratic during this period as the US will be going through an inward looking phase. It will look towards other countries such as Europe and India to fill the void that the US will leave behind in many parts of the world, Kupchan said.