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FBI director Christopher Wray is in India this week for a trip aimed at strengthening security cooperation and deepening a partnership. But it comes in the wake of a major law enforcement issue between the two nations – one far more sinister and with the potential to cause cracks within that alliance. Just two weeks ago, the United States accused an Indian government official of being involved in a conspiracy to...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strong support for Israel and his country’s abstention from a United Nations resolution for a Gaza ceasefire will “clearly not score diplomatic points” for New Delhi as it aims to outmanoeuvre Beijing to become the leader of the Global South, analysts have said. However, India’s Global South leadership will not be determined by its position on...
Then finally we get an assessment of why Modi’s government in India took such a risk to plan to conduct a brazen act of terrorism on US soil, and speak with Dr. Daniel Markey, a senior advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace and a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies Foreign Policy Institute. From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Markey was a member of the U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff where his work focused on...
The discovery of a plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on U.S. soil earlier this year so concerned the Biden administration that it dispatched its top two intelligence officials to New Delhi to demand the Indian government investigate and hold to account those responsible, senior administration officials said. CIA Director William J. Burns flew to India in August and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines followed in October, said the officials, who like others interviewed for this story spoke on the condition of anonymity because...
A delegation of the United States (US) visited Bangladesh Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's political office at Dhanmondi on Friday. The three-member delegation comprised of Esha Gupta, Daniel Marke and Geoffrey Mcdonald - the representatives of US Institute For Peace (USIP) - visited the office at 4pm, a press release said. Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Lieutenant Colonel (Retd) Muhammad Faruk Khan welcomed the delegation with...
India’s ongoing diplomatic row with Canada points to the United States’ difficulties in maintaining a “united front” in the region, analysts said, adding that the row is a “warning” that New Delhi does not see eye to eye with Washington and its allies on the concept of “shared values”. Last month, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were “credible allegations” of India’s involvement in the death of...
Bangladesh is just a few months away from its next general election, but the ruling Awami League (AL) and the opposition parties are locked in a disagreement over the administration of the election. While the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) wants elections under a non-partisan caretaker government, as they believe that elections under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not be...
In the first episode of the Eurasian Connectivity podcast, New Lines Institute Senior Director Dr. Kamran Bokhari and U.S. Institute of Peace Senior Advisor Dr. Daniel Markey discuss how the U.S. can prioritize mutual strategic interests with India while not placating New Delhi’s current...
U.S. President Joe Biden rolled out the red carpet for visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in late June, but their demonstration of growing solidarity and cooperation was somehow not convincing. On June 22, after meeting with Modi at the White House, Biden touted U.S.-Indian ties as being "among...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the U.S. has received unprecedented coverage in recent times. Watched by adversaries and friends alike, the trip led to a further strengthening of U.S.-India relations. The relationship between the world’s largest and the oldest democracy...