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Deepening bilateral ties

The outcome of the U.S. presidential elections could have a significant impact on the deepening Indo-U.S. bilateral. The partnership has grown substantially in the last two decades resulting in a deepening of economic and strategic relations. Defence dominates the strategic partnership and also stimulates the economic engagement. The newly signed BECA agreement is a testament to this. The next U.S. administration’s policies will be critical for India, given repeated Chinese incursions into Indian territory on the Line of Actual Control at the border, the U.S.-China rivalry and China’s ambitions to dominate Asia.

Gateway House has an extensive repository of primary research, analysis and reporting on the Indo-U.S. bilateral, addressing issues such as trade, technology exchange and defence cooperation.

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The U.S. elections, a China order & India’s position
By Neelam Deo, Director & Co-founder, Gateway House

The recent in-person Quad meeting attended by external affairs minister S. Jaishankar and the India-U.S. 2+2 meeting of foreign and defence ministers in New Delhi, highlights not only the big upgrade in India’s strategic relations with the U.S. but also the enhanced U.S. focus on India, the Indo-Pacific and Asia. Clearly then, the foreign policy of the next U.S. administration will impact India, Asia and the world. Read more

Deepening U.S.-India Defence ties
By Sameer Patil, Fellow, International Security Studies Programme, Gateway House

The recently signed Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) between India and the U.S. symbolises the strengthened defence and security partnership between the two countries and the growing interoperability capabilities between the two militaries. India-U.S. defence and security ties have flourished in the last decade, with increasing focus on defence technology co-development and co-production. The enhanced G2G engagement is also reflected in the commercial sector where American and Indian defence companies have partnered in the aerospace sector to become part of the global supply chain.
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The final Trump-Biden showdown
By Neelam Deo, Director & Co-founder, Gateway House

In the run-up to President Trump’s visit to India on 24-25 February 2020, Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director and Co-founder of Gateway House, discusses in this interview how he has made balanced trade a global issue, but given substance to the India-U.S. defence bilateral, sharpening the concept of the Indo-Pacific and the Quad’s profile Read more

A new world for India and the United States
By Manjeet Kripalani, Co-founder & Executive Director, Gateway House & Michael Mandel, Chief Economic Strategist, Progressive Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.

The recent rush of U.S. capital into India’s digital future, and India’s recent structural reforms, is the impetus for an attractive collaboration between the U.S. and India. To really succeed, the U.S. will have to support India with the same kind of technical assistance and best practices in areas like regulation, distribution, and innovation, that it gave China. The alternative is for India to follow Europe’s regulatory model, which places less of an emphasis on job growth and innovation. Read more

The Harris-Pence face-off
By Neelam Deo, Director & Co-founder, Gateway House

Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director and co-founder of Gateway House in the weekly series of podcasts on the U.S Elections analyses the foreign policy agenda of the Democratic government, why COVID-19 will impact voters choice and if Kamala Harris’ connection to India will influence the Indian-American votes Read more

Biden’s ancestral Chennai Connect
By Tim Willasey Wilsey, Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King’s College, London

U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden has an ancestral connect with India, as does his vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris, both tracing it back to Chennai, then Madras. During the 19th century, brothers Christopher and William Biden worked for the East India company, taking the rather arduous ship route between London and India. While William died at an early age, Christopher went on to Captain several ships during his service and eventually settled down to a prosperous life in Madras. Read more

The first Trump-Biden contest
By Neelam Deo, Director & Co-founder, Gateway House

As part of our weekly series of podcasts in the run-up to the U.S. elections, in this episode on the first 2020 presidential debate, Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director and Co-founder of Gateway House, on President Trump’s federal tax, how the ongoing pandemic will have an impact on voter’s choice and the potential of such political debates in India Read more

Can ISRO do what SpaceX did?
By Chaitanya Giri, Fellow, Space & Ocean Studies Programme, Gateway House

The launch of the U.S.’s Dragon-2 astronaut capsule by SpaceX has a resonance in India too. India’s future heavy-lift launchers, already under development, can be competitive if they are transformed to Two-Stage-To-Orbit and made reusable. The successors to Gaganyaan, Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan, developed in public-private partnerships, can result in a vast domestic launch market for India’s heavy-lift rocket capability. Read more

Regional impact of U.S.-Taliban deal
By Gateway House

The U.S.-Taliban deal of 29 Feb favours some and disadvantages others in the region. This infographic shows how regional geopolitics will change Read more

The Sanders-Biden contest
By Neelam Deo, Director & Co-founder, Gateway House

As part of our weekly series of podcasts in the run-up to the U.S. elections, in this episode on the first month of the Democratic Party’s primaries, Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director and Co-founder of Gateway House, on Biden’s candidature, how the U.S. appears still unready for a woman president and why the Indian American community, which has traditionally voted Democrat, may be ambivalent this time Read more

Hype & substance in Trump’s visit
By Neelam Deo, Director & Co-founder, Gateway House

President Trump enjoyed every moment of the hype that attended his February 2020 visit to India, says Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director and Co-founder of Gateway House, in this podcast, even as the focus was on concrete outcomes, such as defence purchases and oil procurement deals. She discusses the geopolitical implications of a closer India-U.S. strategic relationship and the weaknesses of the U.S.-Taliban peace deal Read more

U.S.-Taliban deal: India in strategic role
By Sumeer Bhasin, independent geopolitical analyst & Afghanistan expert

India should stop looking at Afghanistan through the Pakistan prism and be a major contributor in the development of peace and prosperity in the country Read more

India-U.S. shale oil opportunity
By Amit Bhandari, Fellow, Energy & Environment Studies Programme, Gateway House

U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent visit to India gave a boost to bilateral energy ties. To really benefit, India’s state-owned oil companies should consider investing in U.S. shale oil. The U.S. is politically and economically stable and investors are not subject to arbitrary action. Indian companies should only be financial investors, not operators of assets, and bet on companies with manageable debt and efficient operations rather than short-term winners Read more

The 2020 retreat from Kabul
By Tim Willasey Wilsey, Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King’s College, London

The signing of an agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban on February 29 may result in the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, which is contingent upon the Taliban’s adherence to certain conditions. The end of the West’s 19-year-long Afghan campaign – if Pakistan does not turn spoiler – is of vital interest to India Read more

Benefits of becoming a U.S. major non-NATO Ally
By Sameer Patil, Fellow, International Security Studies Programme, Gateway House

The substantive efforts underway in the U.S. to designate India a Major Non-NATO ally reflect the deepening bilateral security and trade cooperation. It will enhance India’s military capabilities and strategic positioning with American allies in the region. Read more

Trump’s visit: trade differences exaggerated
By Neelam Deo, Director & Co-founder, Gateway House

In the run-up to President Trump’s visit to India on 24-25 February 2020, Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director and Co-founder of Gateway House, discusses in this interview how he has made balanced trade a global issue, but given substance to the India-U.S. defence bilateral, sharpening the concept of the Indo-Pacific and the Quad’s profile Read more

President trump comes to India
By Frank Schell, Business Consultant

U.S. President Donald Trump’s first presidential visit to India later this month bodes well for bilateral relations. It is a continuing foreign policy success story for the two countries extending through four U.S. administrations and three Indian ones. A curtain raiser on what to expect. Read more

BECA and the 5G-weather clash
By Chaitanya Giri, Fellow, Space and Ocean Studies Programme, Gateway House

The Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geospatial Cooperation (BECA), the last of the India-U.S. foundational agreements, will enable India to avail of U.S. expertise on geospatial intelligence and to sharpen the accuracy of weapons and automated hardware systems used for military purposes. But the over-emphasis on imaging in the agreement overlooks the likelihood of a clash between the telecom and meteorological technologies, which can hurt India’s crucial capabilities in space-based weather forecasting and disaster management Read more

North America: petro state
By Amit Bhandari, Fellow, Energy and Environment Studies Programme & Kunal Kulkarni, Former Senior Researcher, Gateway House

Oil prices, arms exports and conflict are inter related especially when it comes to the U.S. Its arms industry grows when high prices and conflicts coincide. This has kept West Asia on a perennial geopolitical boil. This infographic charts the highs and lows of U.S. arms sales, especially in the light of conflicts centred around West Asia Read more

Deepening India-U.S. defence partnership
By Sameer Patil, Fellow, International Security Studies Programme, Gateway House

U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis visited India this week to discuss the details of the India-U.S. defence partnership, as also issues of regional security. India-U.S. defence and security ties have flourished in the last decade, with increasing focus on defence technology co-development and co-production. The enhanced G2G engagement is also reflected in the commercial sector where American and Indian defence companies have partnered in the aerospace sector to become part of the global supply chain Read more

The India-U.S. Partnership: $1 Trillion by 2030
By Nishith Achayra, Chief Executive Officer, Equal Innovation

The story of U.S.-India relations is one of unfulfilled potential. Despite their common commitment to democracy, diversity, and free markets, the short- and long-term objectives have not aligned in a way that has enabled the creation of a robust economic and political partnership. These two nations, which will soon be the second and third largest economies in the world, must find ways to increase their economic integration over the next 10 years Read more

Modi’s anodyne U.S. trip
By Neelam Deo, Director & Co-founder, Gateway House

Prime Minister Modi’s tour of the U.S. last month was centred around the UN General Assembly’s 74th session and discussions on environmental challenges, but questions regarding the Indian government’s action in Kashmir persisted Read more

PM Modi in Houston: balance and bonhomie
By Neelam Deo, Director & Co-founder, Gateway House 

The Indian prime minister’s visit to the United States had both spectacle and substance, with the Houston event earlier this week casting a spotlight on the Indian American community. But the U.S.-India bilateral relationship is much more than a single event and negotiations on several issues will go on, says Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, in this podcast Read more

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