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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...
U.S. President Joe Biden rolled out the red carpet for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, announcing new trade and military deals meant to contain the power of China despite Mr. Modi’s own authoritarian tendencies and India’s role propping up Russia’s economy amid the invasion of Ukraine...
The prime minister of what is now the world's most populous nation was received with the fanfare of a state visit at the White House. India's Narendra Modi visits the United States at a crucial moment as the U.S. seeks to marshal democracies to confront China and support Ukraine. But Modi's own conduct is also under...
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Daniel Markey of the U.S. Institute of Peace about the prime minister's visit. Ties are strained by India's position on the war in Ukraine and human rights concerns...
A live interview with the American scholar Daniel Markey on his recent essay in Foreign Affairs arguing that India-US relations are not based on shared values of democracy but convenience and interest? What are the reasons that bring him to this conclusion? What are the implications and consequences of this...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was once shunned by the United States. Denied a visa for “severe violations of religious freedom,” he was effectively banned from entering the country for nearly a decade. But in the nine years since that ban was lifted, Modi has been progressively embraced by the White House...
‘US national security officials would like to see India assume a far greater role in efforts to deter Chinese aggression and limit Chinese influence across the India-Pacific region.’ The stage is set for a high-voltage President Biden-PM Modi “DC dialogue” as the world watches. Particularly for Beijing and Islamabad...
Three years after a deadly brawl between Indian and Chinese forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), relations between Beijing and New Delhi remain in what Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has repeatedly described as an “abnormal” condition. Strangely, at the heart of a dispute that...
As Sino-India tensions rise in the inhospitable stretches of the Himalayas and some experts warn that future clashes could escalate into a full-fledged war between the nuclear-armed giants, the US is refocusing on the decades-old border dispute – including a more active role in sharing intelligence – as part of its Indo-Pacific strategy to check Chinese activity in the region. Real-time intelligence provided by the US about...