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Important Issues in
US India Relations
Joint Statement issued after the conclusion of US-India
Strategic Dialogue at Washington
June 3, 2010: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
and India’s External Affairs Minister, Shri S.M. Krishna, met in
Washington on June 3, 2010 for the inaugural meeting of the “India-U.S.
Strategic Dialogue.” President Barack Obama welcomed the Indian delegation
and emphasized his commitment to strengthening the growing U.S.-India
partnership.
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President Obama's New National Security Policy (May,
2010)
"The United States and India are building a strategic
partnership that is under- pinned by our shared interests, our shared
values as the world’s two largest democracies, and close connections
among our people. India’s responsible advancement serves as a positive
example for developing nations, and provides an opportunity for increased
economic, scientific, environmental, and security partnership. Working
together through our Strategic Dialogue and high-level visits, we seek
a broad-based relationship in which India contributes to global counterterrorism
efforts, nonproliferation, and helps promote poverty- reduction, education,
health, and sustainable agriculture. We value India’s growing leadership
on a wide array of global issues, through groups such as the G-20, and
will seek to work with India to promote stability in South Asia and elsewhere
in the world."
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Joint Statement between Prime Minister Dr. Singh and
President Obama: INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES: PARTNERSHIP FOR A BETTER
WORLD
11/24/09: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and President
Barack Obama today reaffirmed the global strategic partnership between
India and the United States, and launched a new phase in this partnership.
Commending the deepening bilateral cooperation between the world’s
two largest democracies across a broad spectrum of human endeavors, the
two leaders recognized that the common ideals and complementary strengths
of India and the United States today provide a foundation for addressing
the global challenges of the 21st century.
The two leaders noted that the shared values cherished by their peoples
and espoused by their founders – democracy, pluralism, tolerance,
openness, and respect for fundamental freedoms and human rights –
are acquiring an increasingly greater prominence in building a more peaceful,
prosperous, inclusive, secure and sustainable world. These values are
exemplified by the vibrant linkages between their peoples, which are a
unique asset for both countries, and are reflected in the role played
by the Indian-American community.
The two leaders resolved to harness these shared strengths and to expand
the U.S.-India global partner- ship for the benefit of their countries,
for peace, stability and prosperity in Asia, and for the betterment of
the world. To this end, they committed to build upon the India-U.S. Strategic
Dialogue announced in July 2009. President Obama stated that the United
States looks forward to a stable and prosperous India playing an increasingly
important role in world affairs.
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joint statement]
Developing India's Foreign Policy "Software"
In a landmark paper, Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India,
Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, outlines
significant shortcomings in India’s foreign policy institutions that
undermine the country’s capacity for ambitious and effective international
action. Markey proposes steps that both New Delhi and Washington should
take, assuming they aim to promote India’s rise as a great power.
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executive summary and the full article (PDF)]
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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U.S. Department of Defense: The US-India Defense Relationship
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy's address at the Asia Society's Washington Center on July 1, 2010, called for more U.S. involvement in the modernization of the armed forces of India.
U.S. Department of State: Diplomacy in Action
Conversations With America: US-India relations following the Strategic
Dialogue of June 3, 2010, Washington, DC on Jun 8, 2010
- Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South
and Central Asian Affairs
- Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs
- Ambassador Teresita Schaffer, Director of the South Asia Program
at CSIS
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Brookings Event, June 4, 2010
India and the United States: A Strategic Partnership
On June 4, Foreign Policy at Brookings and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry hosted a conference to explore the content and purpose of this partnership as seen from Washington and New Delhi. This event focused on two dimensions: the overlap and intersection of American and Indian policies in Asia and the impact of growing economic ties. Panelists discussed the future direction of the U.S.-India relationship and U.S. and Indian strategic interests in Asia. The event was part of a new South Asia initiative at Brookings that focuses on the interconnected issues facing this vital region today.
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Most recent U.S.-India Official Documents
Most recent Viewpoints on US-India Relations
- Ambassador Timothy J Roemer on "We're in this together," Hindustan Times, August 17, 2010
- Ambassador G Parthasarathy on "New US thinking on India Coming Obama visit offers an opportunity," The Tribune, July 22, 2010
- Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affars on "U.S.-India Partnership: Kanpur Indo-American Program and Beyond," IIT-Kanpur Golden Jubilee Alumni Convention, Washington, DC
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Shyam Saran, Former Indian Foreign Secretary, "India needs to have sharper focus", Business Standard, June 16, 2010
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Thomas Mathew of IDSA, New Delhi, "US fetters strategic ties," Express Buzz, June 16, 2010
- Prashanth Parameswaran of Project 2049 Institute, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, "The Future of U.S.-India Relations"
- Air Marshal Brijesh D. Jayal "TO WORK ON A FRIENDSHIP - Like the US, India must be clear about its own security strategy", June 16, 2010
- Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake's Exclusive Interview with Aziz Haniffa on the 'Strategic Dialogue', June 14, 2010
- 06.08.2010 - Harsh V. Pant on "US-India strategic dialogue: Move beyond symbolism," Rediff News, June 8, 2010
- Ambassador T P Sreenivasan: "Obama
has gone further than Bush on India," Rediff News, June 9,
2010
- B Raman: "Obama:
A Relook at India," Chennai Centre for China Studies, June
4, 2010
- Judith Apter Klinghoffer: "After
Jewish Americans, Come Indian Americans," George Mason University's
History News Network, June 7, 2010
- M K Bhadrakumar: "The
angst of wayward US partnerships," Asia Times Online, June
8, 2010
- K.P. Nayar: "PERSONAL
CHEMISTRY - S.M. Krishna’s visit to Washington will bolster Indo-US
ties," June 9, 2010
- A Adityanjee , President, Council for Strategic Affairs, New Delhi:
"It’s
the Civilizational and Strategic Dialogue," June 9, 2010
- An
Indispensable U.S. Partnership With the World’s Largest Democracy,
posted on the U.S. Department of State DipNote Official Blog by William
J. Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, May 28, 2010
- Taking
the U.S.-India Partnership to the Next Level, address by Thomas
J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce at The Confederation
of Indian Industry, New Delhi, April 13, 2010
- "As
Obama bets on Asia, regional players hedge," By Jim Hoagland,
The Washington Post, February 14, 2010
- "Rising
India's Great Power Burden", lecture in the Power and Identity
Series, November 16, 2009 by C. Raja Mohan, Kissinger Chair in Foreign
Policy and International Relations, Library of Congress as published
in The Sigur Center for Asian Studies of George Washington University,
Issue No. 7, January, 2010
- "Forward,
together" by Robert M Gates, US Defense Secretary, January
19, 2010
- "Indian
Americans walking the corridors of power" (Desis in DC) by
Chidanand Rajghatta in Times of India, December 19, 2009
- Peking
Ducked: Indo-US ties have a special salience, regardless of China,
by Lisa Curtis, senior research fellow for South Asia in the Asian Studies
Center at the Heritage Foundation, OUTLOOK INDIA.COM, December 2009
- Divergent
interests test U.S.-India ties by Lee Hamilton, Director of the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington and director
of the Center on Congress at Indiana University, November 16, 2009
- Newsweek, Manmohan Singh's New
Strategy for India: Manmohan Singh's new stand on Copenhagen is
just part of a plan to reposition India as a global power, November
6, 2009
- Ashok Malik on The
Best American President India's Ever Had, Forbes.com, November 3,
2009
- Robert Haddick on U.S.-India
military cooperation: some rare good news in Asia, Foreign Policy
Magazine, October 30, 2009
- N-power
to brainpower, N-power to brainpower by Amit Mitra, Secretary General
of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Hindustan
Times October 23, 2009
- The
Obama Administration: Debates and Trends in US Foreign Policy- An Indian
View, by R. Swaminathan. (The Center for Security Analysis and the
US Consulate General in Chennai jointly organized a public lecture in
Chennai on “The Obama Administration: New Faces, Debates and Trends
in US Foreign Policy” on 15 October 2009. This brief note was prepared
by the author, who is the President & DG, International Institute
of Security and Safety Management, and former Special Secretary, DG
(Security), Government of India, to form the basis of his talk on this
occasion.)
- Former Indian Foreign Secretary Krishnan Srinivasan on "Forever
Uneasy - The perversity of the relationship between India and the US"
in The Telegraph, September 23, 2009
- India
taps US for a security boost, by Siddharth Srivastav, ASIA TIMES
ONLINE, September 11, 2009
- 'Our
goal-post right now is Dr Singh's State visit to Washington', Assistant
Secretary of South Asian Affairs, Robert Blake's interview with INDIA
ABROAD, August 28, 2009
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'Pakistan, an albatross around India's neck', Ambassador Teresita
C Schaffer interviewed by Aziz Haniffa about her book India and the
United States in the 21st Century: Reinventing Partnership, August 25,
2009
Most Recent Congressional Statements and Resolutions 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
Indian Population Explodes in the U.S.: 2000-2008
According to Washington-based think tank, Migration Policy Institute,
the United States is home to about 2.3 million Indian origin people (including
those born in the U.S.). Indians are the third-largest immigrant group
after Mexicans and Filipinos.
Between 2007 and 2008, the number of Indian immigrants surpassed the
number of Chinese and Hong Kong-born immigrants for the first time since
at least 1960, said the Migration Policy Institute in its latest report.
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