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Lessons Learned from Pakistan’s Use of Chinese-Provided Weapons

1 month ago | warontherocks.com | Michael Kugelman |Daniel Markey |Oriana Skylar Mastro |Sameer Lalwani

In the latest conflict between Pakistan and India, Pakistan used weapons systems imported from China, with varying degrees of success. Pakistan is a crucial customer for Chinese weapons exports, with 63 percent of China’s arms exports going to Pakistan between 2020 and 2024. The conflict offered an opportunity to observe how Chinese-provided weapons performed against Western-provided and Indian weapons.
Modi’s Washington Visit Signals U.S.-India Ties Will Continue Upswing

Feb 19, 2025 | usip.org | Asfandyar Mir |Daniel Markey |Vikram Singh |Sameer Lalwani

Last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington marked the fourth meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and a foreign leader since the start of the new administration. Despite differences over tariffs, Modi’s trip signaled that U.S.-Indian relations will continue along the positive trajectory seen in recent years, particularly in defense and technology cooperation.
How the India-China Border Deal Impacts Their Ties and the U.S.

Oct 31, 2024 | usip.org | Andrew Scobell |Sameer Lalwani |Daniel Markey |South Asia Programs

KEY TAKEAWAYS Xi and Modi seem keen to patch things up in order to expand mutually beneficial economic interaction. But the deal does not necessarily herald a strategic shift by Beijing and New Delhi. India is unlikely to reverse course in its relationship with the U.S., which has deepened in recent years. KEY TAKEAWAYS Xi and Modi seem keen to patch things up in order to expand mutually beneficial economic interaction.
China, Russia See SCO at Counterweight to NATO but India Is Ambivalent

Jul 11, 2024 | usip.org | Carla P. Freeman |Mary Glantz |Daniel Markey

A week ahead of the NATO summit in Washington, leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) gathered in Astana, Kazakhstan for the group’s annual meeting. Already one of the world’s largest regional organizations, the SCO added Belarus to the bloc at this year’s summit. Established by China and Russia in 2001, the SCO was originally focused on security and economic issues in Central Asia.
After India’s Surprising Elections, What’s Next for Modi’s Foreign Policy?

Jun 11, 2024 | usip.org | Daniel Markey

Widely expected to cruise to a third-straight majority in India’s parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) instead lost ground and must now rely on its National Democratic Alliance partners, especially the Janata Dal (United) party and the Telugu Desam Party, to form a coalition government.
India as It Is: Washington and New Delhi Share Interests, Not Values- Foreign Policy Magazine

Sep 8, 2023 | southasiajournal.net | Daniel Markey

“Our common interest in democracy and righteousness will enable your countrymen and mine to make common cause against a common enemy,” U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt wrote to Mohandas Gandhi, then the de facto leader of India’s independence movement, during World War II. During the Cold War, successive presidential administrations tried to get New Delhi to stand against Moscow by arguing that, as a democracy, India was a natural enemy of the Soviet Union. When President George W.
How to Understand the U.S.-Indian Relationship

Jun 22, 2023 | foreignaffairs.com | Daniel Markey |Nirupama Rao |Ashley J Tellis |Arzan Tarapore

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Washington, D.C. this week, where U.S. President Joe Biden will welcome him with a state dinner on Thursday night. The trip is taking place at a time when U.S.-Indian ties are growing more complicated, particularly as Modi has refused to directly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There are also questions about what values the two countries share as Modi leans into ethnonationalist politics and India’s democratic institutions continue to decay.
India as It Is

Jun 16, 2023 | almendron.com | Daniel Markey

It has been a ritual for decades. Whenever American policymakers travel to India, they sing paeans to the beauty of Indian politics, to the country’s diversity, and to the shared values connecting—in the words of multiple U.S. presidents—“the world’s oldest democracy” and “the world’s largest democracy”. This rhetoric may be gauzy, and it is certainly grandiose. But to Washington, it is not empty.