Every time there is a new dispensation in Washington, D.C., there is always a debate in the Asia-Pacific or Indo-Pacific on the all-too-important issue of commitment: will the United States …
Opinion
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Nikki Haley Warns U.S.-India Ties at “Inflection Point,” Urges Partnership to Counter China
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 4 minutes readFormer U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has cautioned that the U.S.-India relationship is at a critical “inflection point” after four decades of strengthening ties, warning that India …
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Guest Column: The Difficult Last Mile
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readIf events of Alaska and Washington DC are anything to go by, it would seem that finally there is light at the end of the tunnel as far as the …
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Between Two Democracies: The Indian American Dilemma in the Age of Disdain
by Pratik Bhatnagar, Special to South Asian Herald 9 minutes readFor someone who grew up in the United States in the late 1970s and early 80s—when the Indian diaspora was small, tight-knit, and largely invisible—the past week has felt strangely …
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Guest Column: Nukes, Mercedes, and a Dump Truck
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readThere are Generals and there are Generals. And there is Field Marshal Asim Munir, who appears to be getting ahead of himself by wading into an area that even a …
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India’s Cosmic Leap: A Billion Dreams, Will See Visits to Moon, Mars, and Venus
by Pallava Bagla 6 minutes readReaching for the stars is becoming an everyday affair at India’s space agency, having visited the Moon and Mars with orbital missions, now eyes are set on a mission to …
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Beyond the Tamasha: What Indian-Style Negotiation Can Teach U.S.–India Trade Talks
by Angela Chitkara 4 minutes readNegotiation is in India’s DNA. It is not about ultimatums or contracts slapped down on the table. It is not transactional. It is relational. It starts with a comfortable seat, …
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India’s Maritime Vision: From SAGAR to Indo-Pacific to MAHASAGAR
by Ambassador Suchitra Durai 6 minutes readA decade ago, on March 12, 2015, while commissioning in Mauritius the gleaming Offshore Patrol Vessel Barracuda, built in Garden Reach, Kolkata, to Mauritian specifications, Prime Minister Modi outlined India’s …
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Guest Column: Looking Beyond Tariffs and Oil
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readThere are some folks who have started believing that the downside in United States-India relations has begun and worse days are ahead. Others still are of the view that the …
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India’s Journey Towards Viksit Bharat: 11 years of Development, Progress & Nation Building
by Ambassador Anil Trigunayat 6 minutes readAs India embarked on its fast-paced, human-centric developmental journey to become a developed country, “Viksit Bharat @2047,” by the time it completes a century of independence, the past decade has …