New Delhi: Most Americans recognise the rising influence of India and China and believe New Delhi would gain on Washington in terms of influence in the world in the next 10 years, a study by a US-based think tank has said.
According to a survey released by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Indians view their influence in the world and in Asia as ahead of China and second only to United States.
Indians view themselves as a leader in developing new products and technologies, behind only the United States, a Chicago Council release said.
In ten years, Indians see themselves as gaining on the United States in terms of influence in the world and as an innovation leader, but do not believe they would equal or surpass the United States, it said.
The release, however, did not mention the sample size of the survey or the time period during which it was conducted.
"The survey findings couldn't be clearer -- Americans do not want to retreat to an isolationist foreign policy," President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Marshall Bouton, was quoted as saying in the release.
The survey claimed that 56 per cent of Indians who responded would like to see their country play a greater role in world affairs than it does currently compared to 87 per cent Chinese.
Similarly, more than 60 per cent of Indians see the prospect of becoming more powerful economically and militarily as mainly positive, the release said.
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