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Interaction on ‘Indo-US Relations’

Marshal Bouton, Interim Director of the Asia Society Policy Institute and President Emeritus of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, interacted with the VIF faculty on Indo-US Relations on 08 September 2014. He has been a resident in India for long....

September 22, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Interaction , First World War , Indo-US relations , Civil nuclear agreement
India Must Choose the Right Strategic Partner
Mohan Kumar S

Current Scenario It has been rightly stated that, as a nation we can change our friends, but not our neighbours. We have been destined to live in the most dangerous part of the world with two nuclear armed countries, China and Pakistan in o....

September 19, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia
India-US Ties: Need to Take a Realistic View
Amb Kanwal Sibal

India-US relations need to be put back on track. The relationship has lost steam in recent months with many contentious issues surfacing that remain unaddressed. We have now to see whether with the change of government in Delhi a n....

July 31, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
Ukraine Developments: US/ EU Attempt to Stretch Europe’s Frontiers?
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Developments in Ukraine should be understood as part of US/EU's project of stretching the frontiers of "Europe" eastwards as far as possible in order either to eventually topple the present Russian political and economic order from within and make Ru....

March 13, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , US , Russia
US’ India Policy Reflects Strategic Miscalculations
Amb Kanwal Sibal

The United States of America is, once again, not managing its relations with India well. Gains made during George W. Bush’s presidency in building strategic trust between the two countries are being steadily frittered away by wrong steps taken by t....

March 07, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
US Reach Out to Modi: Political Insult Should Not be Overlooked
Amb Kanwal Sibal

US diplomacy is a cynical mixture of principle and expediency. The world’s foremost power needs to project internationally that its policies are based on certain high principles so that its global hegemony is not seen as resting on raw power alone ....

February 13, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
India-US Partnership: Asian Challenges and Beyond by P.P. Shukla

About Book : India and the United States of America aim to form a strategic partnership of trust, cooperation and collaboration, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. Indo-US relationship has had its share of ups and downs, but both admit to the nec....

November 13, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , strategic partnership , United States , Book Published
Indo-US Defence Trade: Moving to a Higher Trajectory
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Contrary to most of the commentary that has appeared in the Indian media, the Obama-Manmohan Singh meeting at the White House on September 26, 2013 was unexpectedly successful in setting the Indo-US strategic partnership on the path to a higher traje....

October 18, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
Indo-US Ties: Slow Yet Steady Transformation
Amb Kanwal Sibal

The most important foreign policy development in the last decade has been the remarkable improvement in India’s relations with the United States. From mutual suspicion, lack of empathy and a policy of keeping the relationship at a low level to avoi....

October 04, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
All Eyes on Singh-Obama Talks
Amb Kanwal Sibal

All eyes will be on the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama this week and what it produces. This is natural as our relationship with the US is, in many ways, the most important external relationship we h....

September 25, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
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