Notes from the Field

Event: Recommendations for President Obama on India-U.S. Relations: Security, Foreign Policy, Trade Relations Top Agenda

January 28, 2009

On Thursday, January 29, at Hotel Taj Mahal in New Delhi, leading U.S. and India diplomats, officials, CEOs, policy makers, and scholars are gathering to discuss the U.S.-India relationship and what South Asia wants from President Barack Obama’s new administration.

The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, regional security and anti-terrorism efforts, Pakistan-India tensions, and Asia’s regional alliances, trade, and investment will top the agenda. Speakers will present America’s Role in Asia, a volume of foreign policy recommendations from top U.S. and Asia experts, supported and published by The Asia Foundation. They include Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs; Dr. C. Raja Mohan, professor at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang, Technological University in Singapore, and former member of India’s National Security Advisory Board; and Ambassador Rajendra Abhyankar, former Indian Ambassador to the EU, Belgium and Luxemburg, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, and Cyprus, and Asia Foundation Director of India Programs.

Read a press release from the event, including specific policy recommendations for U.S.-India relations.

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