The economic, political, and military rise of India is reshaping world politics and promises to make India both a true global power and one of the most important bilateral partners for the United States. Unfortunately, this reality has neither translated into sophisticated strategic engagement by Washington nor a clear articulation of long-term American interests. This project - which was publicly launched at an event in New Delhi on January 12, 2010, featuring Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao - will lay out a blueprint for the next phase of the U.S.-India relationship and advance growing bilateral ties in areas of mutual interest, including security, economics, energy and climate change, democracy and human rights.
In addition to convening high-level bipartisan discussions with both American and Indian policymakers as well as producing a series of papers on the above issues, CNAS will produce a major report – authored by CNAS Board of Directors members Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State, and Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns – that will lay out a strategic framework for understanding U.S.-India relations and details a path forward for this critical relationship.
August 16, 2010 - CNAS Visiting Fellow Daniel Kliman opines in The Washington Times on the ascendency of developing democracies in the world, such as India, Brazil Indonesia, Turkey and South Africa. "Because most of today's ascendant states have embraced democratic governance, fear will not pervade the international order of the 21st century," wrote Kliman.
May 24, 2010 - In an op-ed for World Politics Review, CNAS Visiting Fellow Daniel Kliman notes the increasing role that certain burgeoning democracies are playing on the world stage, and asserts that "the fact that an overwhelming majority of rising powers are democracies has strongly positive implications for the nature of the global order that is coming into existence."
January 13, 2010 – Bruce Stokes reports on CNAS’s recent summit in New Dehli in an article on the increasing cooperation between the United States and India in the National Journal.
February 9, 2010 - CNAS Fellow Abraham Denmark argues in Foreign Policy that while U.S. diplomatic ambitions may have shrunk since the end of the Cold War, the United States is still achieving much success around the world and responding to a more complex, multipolar environment through a detailed diplomatic approach.
January 15, 2010 - Speaking at the launch event, “The United States and India: Charting the Future Course,” of the CNAS U.S.-India Initiative, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao calls cross-border terrorism 'a pivotal security challenge' for India.
January 14, 2010 - In remarks at the launch event, “The United States and India: Charting the Future Course,” of the CNAS U.S.-India Initiative, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao explores how U.S. aid to Pakistan is allocated.
January 14, 2010 - Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao called on the United States to remove export controls on high-tech items in remarks at the launch event, “The United States and India: Charting the Future Course,” of the CNAS U.S.-India Initiative.
January 14, 2010 - Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao discusses the U.S. effort in Afghanistan and security challenges along the Indian-Pakistan border in remarks at the launch event, “The United States and India: Charting the Future Course,” of the CNAS U.S.-India Initiative.
November 26, 2009 - CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine argues that the Obama administration needs to make clear to India that they consider the country a first-order international player.
November 20, 2009 - CNAS Senior Advisor Patrick Cronin explores the balancing act that the Obama Administration must play in dealing with India and China in Foreign Policy’s The Cable.
Broadening Horizons is an edited volume featuring four chapters and a capstone piece that explores the dual pressures of climate change and energy on each U.S. military service and combatant command and offers a road ahead to improve the country's ability to promote national security in the face of a changing climate.
In this working paper, CNAS Senior Military Fellow Commander Herbert E. Carmen, USN, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Christine Parthemore and CNAS Research Assistant Will Rogers focus on the six geographic combatant commands as a way to address the effects of climate change and related energy security challenges on U.S. national security interests in regions across the globe.
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy delivered the keynote address at the CNAS 4th annual conference "Shaping the Agenda: American National Security in the 21st Century," and discussed challenges and opportunities to rebalance and reform U.S. instruments of soft power.
On January 12, CNAS launched the U.S.-India Initiative at an event in New Delhi co-hosted by the Aspen Institute India. The event featured Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and a distinguished group of American and Indian experts. Read the Foreign Secretary's remarks here.
CNAS is pleased to announce the launch of the U.S.-India Initiative co-chaired by Richard Armitage and Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns. The project will lay a blueprint for the next phase of the U.S.-India relationship and advance growing bilateral ties in areas including security, economics, energy and climate change, and democracy and human rights.
Washington, D.C., December 1, 2009 - Following President Obama’s address to the nation on his Afghanistan policy, several CNAS national security experts responded with unique perspectives on the administration's approach. Read the full statements here.
On October 20, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will host an event at the Newseum to launch a new report on the future of U.S.-India relations. The event will feature a roundtable discussion on the path forward for this critical relationship, featuring former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Nicholas Burns, CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine, and other outside experts.
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will hold its fourth annual conference, Shaping the Agenda: American National Security in the 21st Century, on June 10, 2010. The event will feature a keynote address by Michèle Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and three expert panels discussing the most salient national security challenges America faces.