Brendan Lynch, assistant US Trade Representative (USTR) for South and Central Asia, lands in New Delhi on the night of September 15, 2025, for a one-day visit that officials insist …
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Opinion: Look Ahead, Not in The Rear View Mirror
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readTo read too much into what is happening in Washington, D.C., vis-à-vis what President Donald Trump is saying on Russia sanctions would be as wrong as not seeing the rather …
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President Trump’s India Envoy Nominee Presses New Delhi to Halt Russian Oil Purchases
by Anand Patelby Anand Patel 5 minutes readSergio Gor, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to India, told US Senators on September 11, 2025, that stopping India’s purchases of Russian oil would be a top …
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Opinion: Pinching the Baby and Rocking the Cradle
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readIt takes a simple mind to read too much into what is happening in the realm of India–United States relations—a tendency to take at face value all that is being …
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Indian Ambassador Welcomes President Trump’s Nomination of Sergio Gor as U.S. Envoy to India
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 5 minutes readIndian Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Kwatra, has welcomed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Sergio Gor as the next U.S. Ambassador to India, calling it a “sign of importance” …
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Resetting India–US Relations: A Strategic Arctic Opportunity
by Anand Patelby Anand Patel 6 minutes readWhen India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands with China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, the headlines wrote themselves: India …
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UNGA President Annalena Baerbock Opens 80th Session, Calls It a “Make-or-Break Moment” for the United Nations
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 5 minutes readOpening the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), President Annalena Baerbock declared, on September 9, 2025, the gathering to be “no ordinary” session, emphasizing that the UN …
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BRICS Leaders Warn of Global Instability; Jaishankar Says Multilateral System Is “Failing the World”
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 4 minutes readAt the virtual BRICS Leaders’ Summit on September 8, 2025, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar cautioned that the state of the world today is “cause for genuine concern,” citing …
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USISPF Welcomes Remarks by President Trump and PM Modi Reaffirming the Importance of the Bilateral Relationship
by SAH Staff Reporter 1 minutes readThe U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) has welcomed the recent remarks by President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirming the importance of the “bilateral relationship” at a time …
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India, US Armies Launch 21st Edition of Exercise Yudh Abhyas in Alaska
by SAH Staff Reporter 2 minutes readThe 21st edition of Exercise Yudh Abhyas, the premier annual Army exercise between India and the United States, began on September 1, 2025, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and will run …