Taking India-US ties forward
There is a great deal of rhetoric flying around when it comes to India-US relations. In November 2010, addressing a joint session Parliament, President Barack Obama described the US India …
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There is a great deal of rhetoric flying around when it comes to India-US relations. In November 2010, addressing a joint session Parliament, President Barack Obama described the US India …
Read MoreSignalling an upsurge in India-US ties under the new leadership in Delhi, India and the US have concluded their fifth strategic dialogue to galvanise their strategic partnership and set the …
Read MoreThere were expectations that the new Modi Government will set out new policies on many fronts, including foreign policy and security arena. But starting from his swearing-in ceremony to the …
Read MoreAs India and the US hold their fifth strategic dialogue, Kanwal Sibal, well-known foreign policy analyst and a former foreign secretary of India, strikes a cautionary note. In this interview …
Read MoreThe “defining partnership of the 21st century” is poised for a new beginning as India and the US hold their first strategic dialogue this week after the installation of a new government in New Delhi. Re-energising the relationship, which is often seen by some to have plateaued after the high of the transformational civil nuclear deal of 2008, and mapping new frontiers of engagement will be the overarching focus of India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State John Kerry when they hold full-spectrum talks in New Delhi July 31.
The governments come and go, but the people of the two countries will make sure that India and the US will remain robustly engaged democracies, rejuvenating each other’s society and system with ideas, initiative and innovations, fulfilling the “extraordinary promise” of what President Obama has famously called “the defining partnership of the 21st century.”
Ahead of the fifth India-US Strategic Dialogue, US Secretary of State John Kerry has called for renewed dialogue with a new government in New Delhi and underlined the need to seize new opportunities and possibilities to deepen the indispensable partnership between the world’s largest democracies. “Now is the time to renew that dialogue with a new government, with a new set of opportunities, new possibilities. This is a potentially transformative moment in our partnership with India, and we’re determined to deliver on the strategic and historic opportunities that we can create together.”
Read MoreIndia and the United states will hold their fifth strategic dialogue and the first one since the installation of the new Narendra Modi government in India. The first substantive diplomatic engagement between New Delhi and Washington under the new dispensation in Delhi July 31 will be watched closely not just in the two countries, but also in key capitals of the world.
In this conversation with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes Network (www.indiawrites.org), Lalit Mansingh, a former ambassador of India to the US and a former foreign secretary, speaks about the importance of the India-US strategic dialogue, the cluster of bilateral, regional and global issues on the agenda for the strategic dialogue and the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington in September.
India and other developing countries have consistently emphasized the notion of equity in the climate-change debate, advocating a “common but differentiated responsibility“—the principle that all states are obligated to address …
Read MoreIndia and Nepal have agreed on a clutch of steps to reinvigorate their ties that include reviewing the Treaty of Friendship to bring it in tune with contemporary realities, stepping …
Read MoreThe rise of China and India is set to change the rules of the game in international politics in many arenas. Western analysts maintain that Africa and Latin America provide a test for the Asian giants as to how they intend to behave as rising powers. The energy and resource sectors represent the most dynamic part of the economic relations that China and India have forged with Latin America. The region’s importance in the world energy market and its potential are certainly attractive to the two Asian giants. In terms of trade and investment with both the regions, China enjoys a clear edge over India. China is not just elephant in the room, it is a fire-breathing dragon.
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