2+2 dialogue offers the United States and India an opportunity

New Atlanticist
May 12, 2025

The India-Pakistan crisis shows Washington that it must stop Iran’s nuclear rise

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Alex Plitsas

The fighting in South Asia reminded Washington of the global stakes of nuclear crises. Those stakes are why the United States must prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Crisis Management
Iran

2+2 dialogue offers the United States and India an opportunity

New Atlanticist
May 10, 2025

Experts react: India and Pakistan have agreed to a shaky cease-fire. Where does the region go from here? 

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Atlantic Council experts

With the fog of war still hovering over South Asia, Atlantic Council experts explore what’s to come.

Conflict
Extremism

2+2 dialogue offers the United States and India an opportunity

New Atlanticist
May 6, 2025

Experts react: India just launched airstrikes against Pakistan. What’s next? 

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Atlantic Council experts

Atlantic Council experts share insights on India’s missile strikes on Pakistan, which came two weeks after a terrorist attack targeting Indians in Pahalgam.

Conflict
Extremism


World Leaders at the G20 Summit in India pay homage to Gandhi, led by Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 4, 2018

2+2 dialogue offers the United States and India an opportunity

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

New Delhi and Washington remain at odds over the Trump administration’s decision to reimpose sanctions on Iranian oil exports.

Geopolitics & Energy Security India

IranSource

Aug 13, 2018

As Sanctions Return, India Caught between Iran and the United States

By Fatemeh Aman

As the first set of US sanctions against Iran went back into effect Aug. 7, India is applying its negotiations skills—effectively, so far—toward managing relations with both sides.  The United States and its Persian Gulf Arab allies may be able to provide India with enough crude to offset any reduction in India’s oil imports from […]

India Iran

Issue Brief

Aug 8, 2018

Outside-the-Box Sino-Indian and Indo-Russian cooperation on Afghanistan

By Omar Samad and Bharath Gopalaswamy

Recent Sino-Indian and Indo-Russian informal agreements to undertake joint projects in Afghanistan mark a geographical paradigm shift in the strategic ambitions of the region’s largest stakeholders.

Afghanistan China

Issue Brief

Aug 8, 2018

Outside-the-Box Sino-Indian and Indo-Russian cooperation on Afghanistan

By Omar Samad and Bharath Gopalaswamy

Recent Sino-Indian and Indo-Russian informal agreements to undertake joint projects in Afghanistan mark a geographical paradigm shift in the strategic ambitions of the region’s largest stakeholders.

Afghanistan China

In the News

Jun 28, 2018

Gopalaswamy Quoted in the Times of India on the Postponement of the ‘2+2 Dialogue’

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

Read the full article here.

India

In the News

Jun 24, 2018

Gopalswamy in the Hill: Friendly Fire: The Curious Case of Sanctions on India

By Bharath Gopalswamy

Read the full article here.

India

IranSource

May 30, 2018

Great Power Competition in Iran as the US Exits the Arena

By Ali Scotten

US President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon the Iran nuclear deal, and thus re-impose broad sanctions against the Islamic Republic, sends a clear signal that Washington has reverted to a full containment policy against Tehran. But, lacking a clear overarching Middle East strategy, US policymakers do not appear to be weighing the merits of this […]

China India

New Atlanticist

May 17, 2018

The US-India Defense Partnership: Trending Upward

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

In August 2017, US President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), a bill designed in part to sanction countries doing business with Russia’s defense industry. Like some other US partners, India is at risk of CAATSA sanctions because the bulk of its defense inventory is from the […]

India
SriSriFeature

New Atlanticist

Apr 20, 2018

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and The Art of Living

By Rachel Ansley

Compassion and cooperation are key to dealing with global conflict, one of India’s renowned spiritual leaders, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, said at the Atlantic Council in Washington on April 19. “The value of compassion, of cooperation…should be emphasized more than aggression,” said Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living Foundation. “When we […]

India

Report

Apr 6, 2018

India’s quest for fighter jets: Make in India vs. Make America Great Again

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

Working in tandem with India to improve its capacity to play a stronger role in the region and uphold the existing liberal order, would be a critical stride for US grand strategy.

Defense Industry Defense Policy
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Katie Harbath

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Elections

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Jeff Lande

Nonresident Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business India

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Carrie Lee

Senior Advisor

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Central Asia

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Mark Linscott

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Trade and tariffs International Markets

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Gopal Nadadur

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business India

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Nisha Narayanan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Economy & Business India
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