American Think-Tank Launches 'India: 2020'' Programme For U.S.-Indo Ties

NEW DELHI: A top American think-tank has launched a programme, ‘India: 2020′, which will examine short and long term policy priorities for every aspect of the India-U.S. strategic partnership with a focus. on concrete recommendations that can be achieved by the year 2020.

‘India: 2020′ was launched by the Center for American Progress (CAP) at an event organised by the top U.S. think tank, where Secretary of State John Kerry, delivered a major foreign policy speech on India.

India: 2020 seeks to build and expand upon strong foundation of existing work on South Asia by CAP and analyse why the gap exists between the current realities and hopes for the relationship, the think tank said in a statement.

Members of the ‘India: 2020′ advisory council include Ashton Carter, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, Swadesh Chatterjee, Padma Bhushan recipient, and member of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Global Advisory Council of Overseas Indians, and Vishakha Desai, President Emeritus. of the Asia Society and Special Advisor for Global Affairs to the President and Professor at Columbia University.

Other members of the advisory council include Shekar Narasimhan, Commissioner, White House Initiative of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and three former U.S. Ambassadors to India, Nancy Powell, Tim Roemer and Frank Wisner.

“The Center for American Progress has a unique opportunity and responsibility to anticipate and shape foreign policy debates on India and the greater South Asia region.

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