Decoding India's Global rise

2+2 terror alert: India, US ask Pakistan for 26/11 justice

In a message to Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan, India and the US have jointly issued a stern reminder to Islamabad to expeditiously bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai, Pathankot (2016), Uri (2016), and other cross-border terrorist attacks. The pointed message to Pakistan at the inaugural 2+2 dialogue in New Delhi came […]

With China watching, US to bat for India’s NSG membership

NEW DELHI: With India-US defence ties acquiring a new ballast after signing of a crucial defence pact, the US has underlined its strategic resolve to spur India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Club at the earliest. The inaugural 2+2 dialogue between the defence ministers of India and the US ended in New Delhi on September […]

India, US sign COMCASA, converge on Indo-Pacific

NEW DELHI: Taking a leap of faith, India and the US, the world’s oldest and largest democracies, decided to take their burgeoning defence partnership to the next level by signing the much-discussed COMCASA at the inaugural 2+ 2 dialogue in New Delhi on September 6. The Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) was signed by […]

India,US sign COMCASA pact

Taking a leap of faith, India and the US signed a crucial security pact called COMCASA at the 2+ 2 dialogue in New Delhi on September 6.The pact will lead to interoperability between the military systems of the two countries and tighten strategic embrace.

2+2 = 4-5-6 of India-US relations

Get your maths right. In the evolving arithmetic and calculus of India-US relations, 2+2 could add up to more than just 4. The 123 moment, crystallised in the transformational civil nuclear deal, is now already more than a decade old.  The defining partnership of the 21st century, as Barack Obama christened it famously, is now […]