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Important Issues in
US India Relations
Comparison of 2008 Republican and Democratic Party Platforms
on India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and China ..
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'India has been transformed. The country I go back to
is not the same country I left'
Indra K Nooyi, PepsioCo's first lady Chairman and CEO, became
the first lady chairman of the United States India Business Council, a
forum that has worked tirelessly to improve the India-US business relationship
for more than 30 years. This is the speech the Chennai-born Nooyi delivered
at the USIBC's annual meeting on June 13, 2008.
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"India has in many ways captured the imagination
of America"
In an interview on May 19, 2008, US Ambassador to India David Mulford
said that one of the areas of growing cooperation between the US and India
is in education, where he is looking forward to an expanded partnership
in student and faculty exchanges, capital investments and the Fulbright
programme. The Indian government has agreed, in principle, to contribute
half of the funding for the bilateral programme, and also raise money
from the private sector to expand it from 150 to 600 or 700 scholars.
Read a
transcript of interactive session with the Ambassador
Perspectives on
India-US Relations
Remarks by External Affairs Minister of India Mr. Pranab
Mukherjee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on March 24,
2008
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text of speech
US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement
Full text of Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government
of India and the Government of the United States of America Concerning
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
Agreed Text August 3, 2007
[Link to text]
US-India Strategic Partnership: Where is it Headed?
Presentation delivered by Ram Narayanan of US-India Friendship at a roundtable
on "US-India Relations" organized by SAPRA India Foundation
on January 16, 2007 at the India International Center, New Delhi.
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Saja Forum's Review of Ram Narayanan's Work
SAJA (South Asia Journalists Association) Forum has published on November
17, 2006 a web description of the work I do in promoting US-India relations.
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text of blog]
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Latest updates: January 5, 2009
MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: USINPAC and Indian-American Organizations Coalition
Response
Most recent Viewpoints on US-India Relations
- ICAT
[International Campaign Against Terrorism] Demands Extradition Of Jihadis
And ISI Operatives & Freezing Of Saudi Assets, December 12,
2008
- Stephen Philip Cohen of the
Brookings Institution on 'Trends in US-India Relations'; Delivered
at the PAN IIT Conference held in Chennai, India, December 20, 2008
- There
are real differences between me (McCain)and Obama on issues that matter
greatly to India’, October 26, 2008
- India
will be 'top priority' in my presidency: Obama, October 23, 2008
- The Indian Express Editorial on Bush's
historic contribution to the transformation of Indo-US relations,
September 29, 2008
- Karl Inderfurth: “The
U.S. and India expanding engagement agenda” in The Hindu, September
10, 2008
- The Heritage Foundation on"India
marches into modern era" , September 9, 2008
- John
McCain: America has a vested interest in India's success, The Indian
Express, August 8, 2008
- Barack Obama on US-India
Relations, interview in The Outlook Magazine, July 21, 2008
- Strobe Talbott on THE
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Why All Augurs well for India, Observer
Research Forum, July 3, 2008
- Teresita C. Shaffer: “U.S.-INDIA
RELATIONS NEEDED: A NEW KIND OF PARTNERSHIP”, Testimony before
the U.S. House of Representatives, June 25, 2008 (PDF)
- U.S.
is One of the ‘Central Pillars’ of Indian Foreign Policy,
Bruce O. Riedel, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle
East Policy, Brookings Institution, April 29, 2008
- Engaging
India: The New Indo-USA Partnership Poses Challenges for the Future
Us Administrations, by Dr. Adityanjee is the President of Council
for Strategic Affairs, New Delhi
- Devil's
Advocate: 'N-deal India's passport to the world', Ambassador David
Muford talks to CNN-IBN about the nuclear deal, February 10, 2008
- Quiet
continuity for U.S.-India relations by Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow
for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council of Foreign Relations, January
7, 2008
- Indo-US
military ties are inevitable, General V P Malik (retd) in RediffNews,
September 18, 2007
- Power Plays: Business Implications
of the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal, August 9, 2007
- Nicholas Burns on the US-India
123 Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, July 27, 2007
- Increasing
business and education ties between India and the US lead to shared
foreign-policy interests, Teresita C. Schaffer in Yale Global Online,
July 14, 2007
- Obama
acknowledges "that Indian American concerns are entirely justified",
June 19, 2007
- A
Future Unbound”: U.S.-India Relations, R. Nicholas Burns, May
23, 2007
- India
will become bigger than the USA: Jeffrey Sachs, May 3, 2007
- Will
India Be a Better Strategic Partner Than China?, American Enterprise
Institute for Public Policy Research, April 9, 2007
- U.S.-India
Defense Relations: Strategic Perspectives, Center for Strategic
and International Studies - South Asia Monitor, April 4, 2007
- New Goldman Sachs Report:
India's Rising Growth Potential, January 22, 2007 (PDF)
- The New Great Game by Daniel
Twining in The Weekly Standard, December 29, 2006
Most Recent Congressional Statements Relating to India
Most recent News on US-India Relations
Objective of US-India Friendship
Dear Friends of India,
We are at the crossroads of international partnerships. The Cold War
is a fading memory, and while military power remains important, political,
economic and cultural structures around the world are increasingly the
true foundations of cooperation.
In this regard, India and the United States could not be more alike.
Although in economic terms India is only now experiencing faster economic
growth, many of us are optimistic that this path will lead to the kind
of vibrant and responsive economic structures that now support American
markets. Alongside this economic parallel is the natural bond that flows
from being the planet's largest democracies.
What role can Indian Americans and friends of India play in ensuring
that these opportunities grow to their full potential?
We must be heard in the corridors of power, and for that to happen, we
must speak to those who would act on our thoughts. Every representative
in Congress must be made aware that funding support as well as support
at the voting booths is at least partly contingent on the voting records
of congressmen and women in matters relating to US-India relations.
On these pages, US-India Friendship will help make your voices for strong
Us-India relations heard with purpose and conviction. We hope that you
will use the links and the information we provide to participate with
vigor. Together, we will fulfill both the promise and the obligation of
our free societies.
Ram Narayanan
Editor-Coordinator
US-India Friendship.net
The Indian-American community is the fastest growing community as a whole
in the United States, according to an IACPA (India Abroad Center for Political
Awareness) press release analyzing the US Census 2000 Results for the
Indian-American population.
Among all the listed ethnic groups as per a sample study for 2000 carried
out by the US Census Bureau and published in "Asian-Nation:
The Landscape of Asian America," Indian Americans (called "Asian
Indians") outperform all other racial/ethnic groups in most measures
of socioeconomic achievement; have the highest educational rates (an astounding
64.4% have college degrees while 12.5% have an advanced degree including
a law, medical, or doctorate degree); have the highest median family income;
the highest rate of being Married with Spouse Present; and the highest
rate of working in a High-Skill Occupation, generally characterized as
executive, professional, technical, or upper management.
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