India and the Iran deal
The Indian government welcomed news of the Iran deal. A former Indian national security advisor described the accord reached as the “best deal available.” India has a complicated relationship with...
View ArticlePrime Minister Modi returns to the U.S.
Event Information September 25, 2015 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDTFalk Auditorium Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Register for the Event On September 23, 2015,...
View ArticleIndia today: A conversation with Indian members of parliament
Event Information October 7, 2015 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDTSaul/Zilkha Rooms The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Register for the Event Over the last couple of...
View ArticleChallenges for women and girls in Asia: Why have some countries progressed...
Event Information November 12, 2015 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ESTFalk Auditorium Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 Register for the Event The United Nations released the...
View ArticleIndian foreign policy: Ideas, institutions, and practice
Event Information November 13, 2015 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ESTSaul/Zilkha Rooms Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 Register for the Event Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
View ArticleU.S.–India relations: A conversation with U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma
Event Information December 11, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ESTFalk Auditorim The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachuetts, N.W., Washington, D.C. Register for the Event The past year has been one of...
View ArticleWhy India and Israel are bringing their relationship out from “under the carpet”
Indian and Israeli relations are getting even friendlier: Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj visited Israel in January, and the trip is widely thought to precede higher level visits, including by...
View ArticleWhat India thinks about China's One Belt, One Road initiative (but doesn't...
The connectivity initiatives that China and other Asian countries are pursuing across Asia and the Indian Ocean region—building new infrastructure, institutions, and interlinkages—is arguably...
View ArticleWhy is India's Modi visiting Saudi Arabia?
A number of policymakers and analysts in the United States have called for countries like China and India to “do more” in the Middle East. Arguably, both Beijing and Delhi are doing more—though...
View ArticleU.S. policy toward South Asia: Past, present, and future
Event Information May 19, 2016 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDTFalk Auditorium Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 Register for the Event U.S. policy towards South Asia has...
View ArticleMr. Modi goes to Washington (again)
Next week, Americans will be looking westward to the Tuesday Democratic primary in California. Meanwhile, in Washington, President Obama and then the U.S. Congress will host someone very familiar with...
View ArticleWhat can the U.S. Congress' interest in Prime Minister Modi's visit translate...
On his fourth trip to the U.S. as Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will spend some quality time on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, where he'll address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. House...
View ArticleOn Capitol Hill: 5 Indian prime ministers, 8 themes
On the invitation of House Speaker Paul Ryan, who stated that “[t]he friendship between the United States and India is a pillar of stability in an important region of the world,” Indian Prime Minister...
View ArticleUncertainties and black swans in the U.S.-India relationship
Editors’ Note: International relations almost never progress in a linear fashion. In this excerpt from a new Brookings India briefing book titled “India-U.S. Relations in Transition,” Tanvi Madan...
View ArticleModi’s speech to Congress: Bullish on India, bullish on the U.S.
Quoting Walt Whitman in his speech to a joint meeting of Congress last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared: “there is a new symphony in play.” He was referring to the relationship, but...
View ArticleA primer on India’s general elections
By Tanvi Madan, Sadanand Dhume, Dhruva Jaishankar, Milan VaishnavIndia has started its multi-phase, weeks long general elections that will determine the composition of the Lok Sabha, India’s lower...
View ArticleThe India opportunity for Taiwan
By Tanvi MadanA few months ago, a Taiwanese business weekly’s cover story was all about the India opportunity. It included an anecdote about one businessman telling another that India might initially...
View ArticleAround the halls: How Trump’s latest Iran sanctions decision could affect...
By Samantha Gross, Ryan Hass, Tanvi Madan, Suzanne Maloney, Jeffrey FeltmanOn April 22, the Trump administration announced that buyers of Iranian oil would need to stop purchases by May 1 or face...
View ArticleTrump tightens sanctions on Iran’s oil exports—How India will respond
By Tanvi MadanThe Trump administration’s decision not to extend waivers from Iran sanctions will not be welcome in New Delhi. India imports over three-quarters of the oil it consumes, and Iran has long...
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