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3 November 2010

India-U.S.: Natural coupling?

Gateway House at four different horizontals of Indo-US relations to try to answer the question of what it means to be a “natural ally” and how it is different from having a “strategic partnership”?

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2 November 2010

Obama in India: A Window to his Future

With President Obama’s popularity waning and the polls predicting a win for the Republicans in the US midterm elections, how the President conducts himself on his Indian visit will offer clues to his next two years in office

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1 November 2010

Irresponsible Stakeholders?

A major strategic challenge for the United States in the coming decades will be integrating emerging powers into international institutions. To hold the post war order together, the US will have to become a more consistent exemplar of multilateral cooperation.

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29 October 2010

Cautiously optimistic about Obama

US President Barack Obama will visit India fresh after the US mid-term elections, where his party is expected to do poorly. But the India visit will be full of warmth and bonhomie, it will also throw up some thorny issues, such as cross-border terrorism from Pakistan and the outsourcing imbroglio

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28 October 2010

Partners or Strategic Allies?

What can India expect from President Obama’s visit? Ambassador Neelam Deo tackles the laundry list of issues that confront Indo-US relations.

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14 October 2010

Obama, India and the 21st Century Anglosphere

Along with the United States and the United Kingdom, India could be the major player in a 21st century partnership of the English-speaking countries. Closer contact with the “Anglosphere” would possibly align Indian institutions and regulations closer to those of mature democracies

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11 October 2010

Obama’s Focus on South Asia

A report on Stephen Cohen a key South Asia expert‘s lecture titled “Obama‘s Foreign Policy: Focus on South Asia” at Nehru Centre in Mumbai on October 7, 2010

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5 October 2010

Commonwealth inaugural: The real message

The opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games was a moment to celebrate the economic progress of the world's largest democracy, and showcase India's tradition and diversity in all its finery