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Important Issues in
US India Relations
Perspectives on
India-US Relations
Remarks by External Affairs Minister of India Mr. Pranab
Mukherjee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on March 24,
2008
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text of speech
America's Strategic Opportunity With India
The New U.S.-India Partnership
In an article in FOREIGN AFFAIRS Magazine of November/December
2007, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns says:
"The rise of a democratic and increasingly powerful India is a positive
development for U.S. interests. Rarely has the United States shared so
many interests and values with a growing power as we do today with India.
By reaching out to India, we have made the bet that the future lies in
pluralism, democracy, and market economics."
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text of article
US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement
Full text of Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government
of India and the Government of the United States of America Concerning
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
Agreed Text August 3, 2007
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US-India Strategic Partnership: Where is it Headed?
Presentation delivered by Ram Narayanan of US-India Friendship at a roundtable
on "US-India Relations" organized by SAPRA India Foundation
on January 16, 2007 at the India International Center, New Delhi.
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Saja Forum's Review of Ram Narayanan's Work
SAJA (South Asia Journalists Association) Forum has published on November
17, 2006 a web description of the work I do in promoting US-India relations.
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text of blog]
India 'Poised to Shoulder Global Obligations,' says President
Bush in a White House Paper
In "The National Security Strategy March 2006", President George
Bush says:
"India is a great democracy, and our shared values are the foundation
of our good relations ... We have made great strides in transforming America’s
relationship with India, a major power that shares our commitment to freedom,
democracy, and rule of law. In July 2005, we signed a bold agreement –
a roadmap to realize the meaningful cooperation that had eluded our two
nations for decades. India now is poised to shoulder global obligations
in cooperation with the United States in a way befitting a major power".
[Link
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Latest updates: May 5, 2008
Rural India Learning Journey Conference
Chicago, May 3 and 4, 2008
In December 2007, 24 Indian Americans embarked upon a Rural India Learning
Journey trip which proved to be inspiring -- and exciting -- in terms
of what we, Americans, can do to work with India's dynamic NGOs and the
rural folks, to ensure that Bharat, as distinguished from India, can catch
up and run. The group has decided to convene an "India Rural Development
ACTION PROGRAM Conference" in Chicago during the weekend of May 3rd
and 4th, 2008. All Americans interested in the development of rural India,
including of course, Indian Americans, are invited to participate in this
unique week-end ACTION-ORIENTED Conference.
[Learn more about Chicago
Conference]
[Rural
India Learning Journey, Dec 2007 - short version (4 min)]
[Rural
India Learning Journey, Dec 2007 - long version (15 min)]
[How can an NRI in the US participate in India's Rural Transformation
- Ram
Krishnan, May 3, 2008 Morning Session
- Ram
Krishnan, May 3, 2008 Afternoon Session]
[Chicago
Conference - Photo Gallery]
[Read Learning Journey
Report]
Most recent Viewpoints on US-India Relations
- U.S.
is One of the ‘Central Pillars’ of Indian Foreign Policy,
Bruce O. Riedel, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle
East Policy, Brookings Institution, April 29, 2008
- Engaging
India: The New Indo-USA Partnership Poses Challenges for the Future
Us Administrations, by Dr. Adityanjee is the President of Council
for Strategic Affairs, New Delhi
- Devil's
Advocate: 'N-deal India's passport to the world', Ambassador David
Muford talks to CNN-IBN about the nuclear deal, February 10, 2008
- Quiet
continuity for U.S.-India relations by Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow
for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council of Foreign Relations, January
7, 2008
- Indo-US
military ties are inevitable, General V P Malik (retd) in RediffNews,
September 18, 2007
- Power Plays: Business Implications
of the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal, August 9, 2007
- Nicholas Burns on the US-India
123 Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, July 27, 2007
- Increasing
business and education ties between India and the US lead to shared
foreign-policy interests, Teresita C. Schaffer in Yale Global Online,
July 14, 2007
- Obama
acknowledges "that Indian American concerns are entirely justified",
June 19, 2007
- A
Future Unbound”: U.S.-India Relations, R. Nicholas Burns, May
23, 2007
- India
will become bigger than the USA: Jeffrey Sachs, May 3, 2007
- Will
India Be a Better Strategic Partner Than China?, American Enterprise
Institute for Public Policy Research, April 9, 2007
- U.S.-India
Defense Relations: Strategic Perspectives, Center for Strategic
and International Studies - South Asia Monitor, April 4, 2007
- New Goldman Sachs Report:
India's Rising Growth Potential, January 22, 2007 (PDF)
- The New Great Game by Daniel
Twining in The Weekly Standard, December 29, 2006
Congress on US-India Relations
Most recent News on US-India Relations
Objective of US-India Friendship
Dear Friends of India,
We are at the crossroads of international partnerships. The Cold War
is a fading memory, and while military power remains important, political,
economic and cultural structures around the world are increasingly the
true foundations of cooperation.
In this regard, India and the United States could not be more alike.
Although in economic terms India is only now experiencing faster economic
growth, many of us are optimistic that this path will lead to the kind
of vibrant and responsive economic structures that now support American
markets. Alongside this economic parallel is the natural bond that flows
from being the planet's largest democracies.
What role can Indian Americans and friends of India play in ensuring
that these opportunities grow to their full potential?
We must be heard in the corridors of power, and for that to happen, we
must speak to those who would act on our thoughts. Every representative
in Congress must be made aware that funding support as well as support
at the voting booths is at least partly contingent on the voting records
of congressmen and women in matters relating to US-India relations.
On these pages, US-India Friendship will help make your voices for strong
Us-India relations heard with purpose and conviction. We hope that you
will use the links and the information we provide to participate with
vigor. Together, we will fulfill both the promise and the obligation of
our free societies.
Ram Narayanan
Editor-Coordinator
US-India Friendship.net
The Indian-American community is the fastest growing community as a whole
in the United States, according to an IACPA (India Abroad Center for Political
Awareness) press release analyzing the US Census 2000 Results for the
Indian-American population.
Among all the listed ethnic groups as per a sample study for 2000 carried
out by the US Census Bureau and published in "Asian-Nation:
The Landscape of Asian America," Indian Americans (called "Asian
Indians") outperform all other racial/ethnic groups in most measures
of socioeconomic achievement; have the highest educational rates (an astounding
64.4% have college degrees while 12.5% have an advanced degree including
a law, medical, or doctorate degree); have the highest median family income;
the highest rate of being Married with Spouse Present; and the highest
rate of working in a High-Skill Occupation, generally characterized as
executive, professional, technical, or upper management.
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