Indo-US relations have been declared by many analysts to be the most important bilateral engagement of the twenty-first century. Focusing on either strategic or economic aspects of Indo-US relations, there is a lack of scholarly work on strategic aspects of economic relations. It is this gap that Raymond E. Vickery attempts to fill through his book, which explores coopera-tion between the two countries on important strategic issues. At a broader level, the book analyzes the use of economic engagement as an ‘instrument of foreign policy’ (p. 8). The author identifies economic engagement as an engine of strate-gic cooperation. Economic engagement builds a community of shared interests and has profound effects on the ability of nations to cooperate on strategic issues.