In recent years, bilateral relations between India and the US have blossomed into a global strategic partnership that goes beyond just shared democratic values. However, all these years, the India-US dialogue mechanism has largely been around trade and commerce, while defence and strategic affairs dominated the bilateral landscape. Today's In Depth looks at the issues that were discussed during the inaugural 2+2 talks, the agreements that the two countries signed and some sticking points that still remain in the overall engagement between India and the US