India: Rising Geo-economic Power and Internal Changes

Senior Director of Eurasian Security and Prosperity Dr. Kamran Bokhari moderated this conversation featuring prominent India experts in the Washington policy space. The conversation unpacked the obstacles on both ends of this bilateral relationship that will need to be overcome, especially in terms of the domestic politics of both countries.

The conversation participants included:

Dr. Aparna Pande, Research Fellow & Director, Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia, Hudson Institute

Dr. Jeffrey Payne, Assistant Professor, Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University

[bhaveshpatel]

Indian navy is building 6 nuclear SSN, 7 SSBN (4 are launched/commissioned) 41 naval ships are under construction, 37 new one will be ordered. Indian shipyards are capable of manufacturing corvettes, FRIGATES, DESTROYERS, aircraft carriers, submarines, ETC.

[mrinalsinha]

Great discussion. Will be interesting to hear Kamran Bokhari when he takes these issues to Pk channel Naya Daur or Canadian TAG TV 😉

[bhaveshpatel]

India has bought from USA: C17, C130, APACHE HELI, CH 53 HELI, P8I, ROMEO NAVAL HELI, M177 ARTILLERY, PRECISION AMMO FOR NAVY, ARMY AND AIRFORCE.