On-again off again. Hot and cold. That's how I would describe more than 75 years of America's relationship with India. It's a story that seesaws between extremely close cooperation and virtually full ruptures and severe sanctions. And the goal of this interview is to learn from history how Pres. Trump's 50% tariffs may impact our relations with India now!
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🚩In this interview:
►How Stalin viewed India after its independence from Britain
►How Khruschev changed USSR-India relations in the 1950s
►America's ambiguity about Kashmir
►Nonalignment is "immoral"!
►Who is India nonaligned against!
►Ultimate irony of India's nonalignment policy
►U.S. supports India in the 1960s
►Consequences of India's criticism of the Vietnam War
►U.S. forsakes India in the 1970s
►Indira Gandhi's masterstroke with the Soviets
►Clinton's India sanctions
►Obama & Biden's warmer relations with India
►Pres. Trump & PM Modi - from close friendship to strained relationship
►Will India buckle under Pres. Trump's tariffs?
►Do tariffs push India toward China and Russia?
►India's nonalignment compared to issue-based alignment and multi-alignment
🚩About My 190th Guest Scholars:
Dr. Šumit Ganguly is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution - Stanford University, where he is also the Director of the Huntington Program on Strengthening US-India Relations. He has published extensively, including the following books:
🚩My Recommendations:
►S5E35, Dr. Thompson: Late Night Show History
►S5E27, Dr. Kanjwal: Kashmir History
►S5E24, Dr. Irwin: U.S. Tariffs History
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