Sameer Lalwani on India-U.S. Defense-Industrial Cooperation

<p>Defense cooperation is central to the India-U.S. partnership, and it has served as a key enabler for stronger collaboration at the multilateral level. While defense ties between the two countries have gone from strength to strength over the last two decades, defense-industrial cooperation has notably failed to take off thus far. However, of late, the two countries have made a renewed push toward furthering defense-industrial cooperation. They released a roadmap in June 2023, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent state visit to the United States has given the process further impetus.</p><p>In this episode of Interpreting India, <a href="https://www.usip.org/people/sameer-p-lalwani-phd">Sameer Lalwani</a> joins <a href="https://carnegieindia.org/experts/1933">Rahul Bhatia</a> to discuss these points and more.</p><p><strong>Episode Contributors</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.usip.org/people/sameer-p-lalwani-phd">Sameer Lalwani</a> is a senior expert on South Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. He is also a nonresident senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. His research interests include nuclear deterrence, interstate rivalry, alliances, crisis behavior, counterinsurgency, and Indo-Pacific security. Sameer has been widely published in academic journals and print media alike. He was the co-editor of the book <a href="https://www.stimson.org/2018/investigating-crises-south-asias-lessons-evolving-dynamics-and-trajectories/"><i>Investigating Crises: South Asia’s Lessons, Evolving Dynamics, and Trajectories</i></a><i>, </i>which was published by the Stimson Center in 2018.</p><p><a href="https://carnegieindia.org/experts/1933">Rahul Bhatia</a> is a research analyst with the security studies program at Carnegie India. His research focuses on India’s borders and India’s foreign and defense policies. He is currently working on a project that looks at India’s military modernization with a focus on indigenization. He also has a keen interest in the changing geopolitical landscape in