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Jun 22, 2017

Transforming India from a balancing to leading power

By Manish Tewari and Bharath Gopalaswamy

“It is vital for American interests in Asia to have India as an economic and strategic ally,” writes Bharath Gopalaswamy and former Minister Manish Tewari in “Transforming India from a Balancing to Leading Power,” a new brief from the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center. In the brief, the authors present policy recommendations for US policy […]

China India

In the News

Jun 19, 2017

Gopalaswamy in Hindustan Times: India Must Lower Its Expectations on the Modi-Trump Meet

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

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India

In the News

May 17, 2017

Tewari in The Indian Express: OBOR is the Grandest Failure of Indian Foreign Policy

By Manish Tewari

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India

In the News

May 5, 2017

Gopalaswamy in Business Standard: India’s South Asia Satellite Is a Rs 10,000 Crore Gift for its Neighbors

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

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India

In the News

Feb 8, 2017

Gopalaswamy Quoted by AP on Impact of Visa Changes on US-India Relations

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

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India

New Atlanticist

Feb 7, 2017

An Opportunity for Regional Leadership in South Asia

By Yelena Biberman

US President Donald Trump’s likely hands-off policy toward South Asia may provide an opportunity for Pakistan and India to address longstanding disputes and reap the long-awaited benefits of cooperation. While there is significant uncertainty about the next four years of US diplomacy, it is unlikely that Trump will succeed where so many before him failed. […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 2, 2017

India Warily Watches Trump

By Maya Mirchandani

Americans may still be coming to terms with Donald Trump’s election victory, but more than 7,000 miles away, the wheels of India’s diplomatic machinery began turning soon after the November results. Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval both visited the United States within a month of the elections with the […]

India

New Atlanticist

Feb 2, 2017

What Can India Expect from the New Abnormal in US Foreign Policy?

By Gaurav Kampani

Donald Trump’s election as the next president of the United States not only poses a threat to the American liberal-constitutional democratic order at home, but it also threatens to end the international liberal economic and democratic order that successive US administrations have built and promoted during and in the aftermath of the Cold War. The […]

India

In the News

Jan 14, 2017

Gopalaswamy and Handjani in the National Interest: Can Iran and India Turn the Page?

By Bharath Gopalaswamy and Amir Handjani

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India Iran

Report

Jan 6, 2017

India’s energy needs and the Arab/Persian Gulf

By Jean-François Seznec

India has tried to diversify its sources of crude oil, but due to its proximity to the Gulf, it still relies a great deal on Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq as its major suppliers, while Qatar provides most of its natural gas needs. What is the present crude oil and natural gas situation in India and the role played by the Gulf producers, especially Iran and Saudi Arabia?

Energy & Environment India

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