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Issue Brief

Sep 4, 2018

Unlocking US-India trade potential

By Mukesh Aghi and Bharath Gopalaswamy

Growing international trade and economic ties between the United States and India increasingly shape bilateral relations. However, major challenges including deficiencies in infrastructure, business practices, and protectionist policies pose complex challenges for the future of the US-India trade relationship. The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center launched the “Unlocking US-India Trade Potential Conference” in Bengaluru, India […]

India
Trade and tariffs

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

Experts