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An Agenda For India-US Relations in a Biden Presidency

By : Arun K. Singh

Page No: 126-138

Abstract

The Biden administration has prioritized dealing with the pandemic, reviving the US economy, addressing systemic racism in US society, and responding to the challenge of climate change. To reduce the influence of the Trump constituency within, and that of China globally, it has also reiterated support for consolidating democratic norms and institutions and declared “America is back” in its international engagements and striving for leadership. Building on the bipartisan support for India in the US since 2000, and Biden’s own personal efforts in the past, the focus of the new US administration suggests a potentially active agenda for consolidating the relationship over the next four years: on climate, Indo- Pacific, Quad, trade, investment, defence cooperation, and addressing global challenges including that of terrorism. Both would need to manage inevitable differences on Russia, and possibly on Iran and Afghanistan/ Pakistan.

Author :

Arun K. Singh was India’s Ambassador to the United States in 2015-16 and France in 2013-15. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Asia Program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington DC. He is a well-known expert on Indo-US relations.