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Important Issues in
US India Relations
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]
India's Strategic Defense Transformation: Expanding Global
Relationships
by Brian K. Hedrick, Military Advisor to the Asst. Secretary
of State for South and Central Asia at the State Department.
India's defense establish- ment is undergoing an unprecedented
transform- ation as it seeks to (1) modernize its military, (2) obtain
"strategic partner- ships" with the United States and other
nations, and (3) expand its influence in the Indian Ocean and beyond.
The author explores the nature of this transform- ation, offers insights
into the history of Indian defense relations, and suggests implications
to U.S. foreign and defense policy. (Nov. 2009)
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full text]
The United States and India 3.0
In a policy brief released in October 2009, Ashley Tellis, senior associate
at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has said:
On the eve of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first state
visit to Washington since Barack Obama took office, the United States
and India must agree on three vital security issues to ensure that their
relations continue to deepen: terrorism, Kashmir, and the balance of power
in Asia.
U.S.–India relations are off to a strong start under
President Obama following an unprecedented strengthening during the Bush
administration. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton scored high points
on her visit to India in July, emphasizing economic and social development,
and making a number of symbolic gestures to reaffirm India’s importance
to the Obama administration. But relations can only advance so far unless
India is assured of U.S. support on its major security challenges.
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full text]
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.
[Read text of presentation]
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.
[Read
text of blog]
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Latest updates: February 3, 2010
US National Security and US-India Strategic Relations
Most recent U.S.-India Official Documents
Most recent Viewpoints on US-India Relations
- "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
-
'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
- The
US may have no nuclear trade with India by Ambassador T P Sreenivasan,
August 21, 2009
- Clinton's
India visit a low-key success: David J Karl, director of studies
at the Pacific Council on International Policy and project director
of the Joint Task Force on Enhancing India-US Cooperation in the Global
Innovation Economy, August 5, 2009
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India, US eyeing an ambitious agenda: Karl Inderfurth, July 24,
2009.
- Gordon G. Chang on "Clinton
Chooses India: Alone in the administration, the Secretary of State makes
the right call", Forbes.com, July 24, 2009
- Teresita C. Schaffer on "Hillary
Clinton's Visit to India," CSIS (Center for Strategic and International
Studies), July 23, 2009
- New
Configuration of Obama’s Asia – Part I: With new concerns
emerging, the thrill is gone from Indo-US relations by Harsh V. Pant,
YaleGlobal, July 21, 2009
- Clinton's
Challenge in India, by Evan A. Feigenbaum, Senior Fellow for East,
Central, and South Asia in Council on Foreign Relations, July 16, 2009
- Reflections
on US-India Relations by Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake
at the American Enterprise Institute June 30, 2009
- Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake talks to PTI on US-India
Strategic Partnership, June 29, 2009
- The
US-India Business Council Comes of Age, Sunil Chacko, Medical Doctor,
Public Health and Finance Specialist. University Professor in The Huffington
Post, June 25, 2009.
- Ambassador T P Sreenivasan on
"We can say ‘No’ India can pursue independent foreign
policy"., June 20, 2009
- Why
the U.S. Should Listen to India's Voters, RealClearPolitics.com,
May 21, 2009
- Becoming
Asia's 'swing state' - South Asia giant set for greater cooperation
with the U.S., The Washington Times, May 20, 2009
- “Building
a Strategic Partnership: U.S. – India Relations in the Wake of
Mumbai” - statement by Amb. Karl F. Inderfurth to House Committee
on Foreign Affairs Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee (PDF), February
26, 2009
- "Building
a Strategic Partnership: U.S.-India Relations in the Wake of Mumbai"
by Lisa Curtis - testimony before Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee
on the Middle East and South Asia, February 26, 2009
- U.S.–India
Homeland Security Cooperation: Moving Forward
by Lisa Curtis and Jena Baker McNeill , Heritage Foundation, February
9, 2009
- Mumbai
Terror attacks - Dossier of evidence - Dossier of material stemming
from the ongoing investigation into the Mumbai terrorist attacks prepared
by the Government of India (partly with FBI assistance) that was handed
over by India to Pakistan on January 5, 2009
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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