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India Initiative

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.

 

The Greatest Story Ever Untold: Democracy Spreads Prosperity Across Emerging Nations
Author(s): Daniel Kliman
Source: The Washington Times
Date: 08/18/2010

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.

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Brazil, Turkey and the Rise of the Democratic Rest
Author(s): Daniel Kliman
Source: World Politics Review
Date: 05/24/2010

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."

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The U.S. and India: Friendship, Warily
Author(s): Bruce Stokes
Source: National Journal
Date: 02/13/2010

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.

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This is What Victory Looks Like
Author(s): Abraham Denmark
Source: Foreign Policy Magazine
Date: 02/09/2010

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.  

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Cross-Border Terrorism Key Challenge: India
Source: Pakistan's Daily Times
Date: 01/15/2010

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.

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Ensure Your Aid to Pakistan Not Misused: India to U.S.
Source: Indo-Asian News Service
Date: 01/14/2010

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.

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India Urges U.S. to Loosen High-Tech Export Controls
Source: Indo-Asian News Service
Date: 01/14/2010

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.

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Terrorism in Neighbourhood Pivotal Security Challenge: India
Source: Daily Pak Banker (Pakistan)
Date: 01/14/2010

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.

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Obama's Opportunity with India
Author(s): Richard Fontaine, Daniel Twining
Source: World Politics Review
Date: 11/26/2009

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.  

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India Summit Sneak Preview
Author(s): Josh Rogin
Source: Foreign Policy's The Cable
Date: 11/20/2009

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.

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Broadening Horizons: Climate Change and the U.S. Armed Forces
Author(s): Herb Carmen, Christine Parthemore, Will Rogers
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 04/28/2010

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.

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On the Front Lines: Climate Change and the Combatant Commands
Author(s): Herb Carmen, Christine Parthemore, Will Rogers
Type of Publication: Working Papers
Date: 04/22/2010

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.

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Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy Keynote Address
Speaker(s): Michèle A. Flournoy
Type: Transcript
Date: 06/14/2010

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.

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Remarks from Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao at the CNAS U.S. India Initiative Launch Event
Type: Transcript
Date: 01/12/2010

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.

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CNAS Rolls Out Project on Future of U.S.-India Relationship

01/21/2010

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.

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CNAS National Security Experts Comment on President Obama's Afghanistan Policy

12/01/2009

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.

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CNAS Event: The Future of U.S.-India Relations
Speaker(s): Honorable Richard L. Armitage, Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns
Date: October 20, 2010 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: The Newseum's Knight Conference Center - Washington, DC

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.

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CNAS Fourth Annual Conference - Shaping the Agenda
Speaker(s): David E. Sanger, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Admiral Eric T. Olson, Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker
Date: June 10, 2010 - 1:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Willard Intercontinental Hotel's Grand Ballroom - Washington, DC

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. 

 

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