'Economic reforms has changed India's outlook'

"I think the reforms have had a profound effect on India.

Not just economically, but in terms of India's entire outlook," Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told Knowledge @ Wharton in an interview.

"When I first arrived in India, India was still slightly inward-looking but was just beginning to change.

I think as a result of the economic reforms, growth began to generate resources and those resources gave the Indian government and Indian society the wherewithal to expand their strategic horizons and to expand their strategic ambitions," he said.