US-India relations appeared to hit a plateau in 2022. The two countries’ different responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine exposed the depth of India’s long-standing defense dependence on Russia. That lingering relationship still inhibits the current-day US-India security partnership. How can the United States and India work to surmount this hurdle? This webinar presents research-in-progress by Erin Mello, a visiting scholar at APARC. It examines the impediments to deepening the US-India defense relationship, and each side’s current strategic priorities; and offers policy recommendations, at both the strategic and operational levels, to help offset India’s dependence on Russia.

Speakers:
Erin Mello, Visiting Scholar, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

S. Paul Kapur, Professor, Department of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval Postgraduate school, Visiting fellow, Stanford University Hoover Institution

Yogesh Joshi, Research Fellow, Institute for South Asia Studies, National University of Singapore

Moderator:
Arzan Tarapore, South Asia Research Scholar, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University