06
September 2018
Past Event
India and the U.S.: An Evolving Strategic Partnership

India and the U.S.: An Evolving Strategic Partnership

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
September 06, 2018
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, June 26, 2017
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President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, June 26, 2017
06
September 2018
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Alyssa Ayres

Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

Cara Abercrombie

Visiting Scholar, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Jeff Smith

Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Heritage Foundation

Kapil Sharma

Vice President, Government and Public Affairs, North America, Wipro

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Aparna Pande

Research Fellow, India and South Asia

Recent actions taken by the U.S. towards India, including sanctions relief and increasing access to U.S. exports, indicate that the Trump Administration sees this strategic partnership as critical to both regional economics and security. Currently, India-U.S. bilateral trade in goods and services stands at $115 billion, with India being one of the top ten importers of American goods. These changes come two years after India was designated a “major defense partner” of the U.S., a designation which increases opportunities for India-U.S. technology sharing and cooperation. The latest U.S. National Security Strategy also labels India a critical country for U.S. activities in the Indo-Pacific region.

Both sides appear to understand the strategic importance of the relationship. Yet frictions remain, including how to reduce the U.S. trade deficit and how best to counter China's influence in the region.

On Thursday, September 6, Hudson Institute’s South and Central Asia Program hosted a panel to discuss this important relationship. Panelists included: Dr Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations; Cara Abercrombie, former special assistant to the Secretary of Defense for national security policy and visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment; Jeff Smith, research fellow with the Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center; Kapil Sharma, vice president for government and public affairs at Wipro; and Dr. Aparna Pande, director of the Hudson Institute’s Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia.

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