18 February 2014

India-U.S.: Fragility despite strategic convergence



India-U.S.: Fragility despite strategic convergence

The India-U.S. relationship has come a long way in the past two decades. Since last July, however, the bilateral has come under severe strain. On February 18, Gateway House hosted Marshall M. Bouton, President Emeritus, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in conversation with Manjeet Kripalani, Co-founder and Executive Director, Gateway House, to discuss how the relationship can be retrieved and repaired, and why it is so important for global stability.

This is the tenth meeting in the G20 Series hosted by Gateway House.

Marshall M. Bouton is President Emeritus, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, having served as its president from 2001 to 2013.  His previous positions include Director of Policy Analysis for Near East, Africa and South Asia in the U.S. Defense Department, special assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to India, and founding U.S. executive secretary of the Indo-U.S. Sub-commission on Education and Culture. A widely known expert on India and Asia, Dr. Bouton is currently a senior fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania.

Manjeet Kripalani is the former India Bureau chief of Businessweek magazine. During her extensive career in journalism (BusinessWeek, Worth and Forbes magazines), she has won several awards, including the Gerald Loeb Award, the George Polk Award, Overseas Press Club and Daniel Pearl Awards.

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