November 23, 2009
Video
Watch Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh of India discuss U.S.-Indian relations.
This meeting was co-sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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November 23, 2009
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Listen to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh of India discuss U.S.-Indian relations.
This meeting was co-sponsored with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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November 23, 2009
Podcast
The Obama administration has identified cooperation on science, technology, and innovation as a major focus of its relationship with India. Analyst Manjeet Kripalani says implementation remains a challenge and recommends greater deregulation of scientific institutions in India.
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November 23, 2009
Must Read
An investigation by The Nation has found that members of an elite division of Blackwater are running a clandestine program to carry out assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives both inside and outside Pakistan, help run secret US military drone bombing campaigns and gather intelligence.
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November 23, 2009, Washington D.C.
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Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh of India discusses U.S-Indian relations.
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November 23, 2009
Interview
As the Indian prime minister meets President Obama this week, lead negotiator on U.S.-India nuclear deal Nicholas Burns says the Obama administration must reassure New Delhi that it is a "valued strategic partner."
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November 22, 2009
Must Read
Lally Weymouth interviews Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan, the Copenhagen Climate Summit, trade, and India-Pakistan relations.
Updated: November 20, 2009
Backgrounder
A proposed groundbreaking nuclear deal between the United States and India is raising questions and concern in both countries.
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November 17, 2009
Testimony
Michael A. Levi testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the state of global efforts to combat climate change, prospects for the ongoing United Nations climate negotiations, and climate policy in Europe and India.
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November 17, 2009
Interview
CFR's Kim Barker, on return from a recent trip to Kabul, says Afghans are disillusioned with both the reelection of President Hamid Karzai and what they perceive as the U.S desire for an exit strategy.
See more in Afghanistan, Democracy and Human Rights, U.S. Strategy and Politics
A recent Council report argued that a two-stage compromise is needed to protect nonproliferation while strengthening the bilateral U.S.-India relationship. On 7/26, the House endorsed a plan with a similar philosophy.
In a thorough primer on U.S. trade strategy, Tufts University's Dan Drezner examines the differences between free and fair trade.
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Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
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