Current Affairs Workshop for Special CSS

Ammar Gul

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Topic 6: The U.S.-India Comprehensive Global and Strategic

Partnership and Its Implications on Pakistan
 Multidimensional Indo-US Strategic Partnership:
1. India-US defence partnership:
 General Security of Military Information Agreement
(GSOMIA) 2002: Sharing of Intelligence.
 The New Framework for the US-India Defence
Relationship 2005: joint weapon production, transfer
of civil and military technology.
 The Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Agreement 2008:
nuclear cooperation and non-proliferation, Entry of
India in Nuclear Supply Group.
 US–India Defence Technology Trade Initiative 2012:
To promote co-development and production of
systems including the Javelin anti-tank guided
missile.
 Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement 2016:
US can use Indian airbases in South China Sea, Use of
military facilities for supplies, spare parts, services
and refuelling.
 Communication, Compatibility and Security
Agreement 2018: India can buy US advanced
weaponry.
 Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement 2020:
India will provide US access to classified geospatial
data and topographic data.
 US to give India GE Aerospace’s proven F-414 jet-
engine technology with India.
  The Indo-US defence industrial cooperation roadmap
2023: To enable co-production of advanced defence
systems, and collaborative research, testing, and
prototyping of projects.
 The India-US Defence Acceleration Ecosystem
(INDUS-X): defence industrial cooperation and unlock
new innovations in technology and manufacturing.
 The annual “2+2” Ministerial Dialogue
2. US-India Technology Partnership:
 Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology 2023:
Areas of cooperation artificial intelligence, quantum
computing, semiconductors and wireless
telecommunication.
 NASA and ISRO to develop a strategic framework for
human spaceflight cooperation by the end of 2023.
 NASA to provide advanced training to Indian
astronauts at the Johnson Space Center in Houston,
Texas, with a goal of mounting a joint effort to the
International Space Station in 2024
 Semiconductor Supply Chain and Innovation
Partnership.
3. US-India Economic Partnership:
 The U.S.-India trade and investment partnership:
bilateral trade exceeding $191 billion in 2022, nearly
doubling from 2014.
 The U.S.-India Commercial Dialogue and CEO Forum:
o build resilient supply chains for emerging
technologies, clean energy technologies, and
pharmaceuticals; promote an innovative digital
economy; lower barriers to trade and investment;
harmonize standards and regulations wherever
feasible; and work towards skilling our workforces.
 Economic and Financial Partnership Dialogue: The
U.S. Federal Insurance Office and the Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority of India to
 advance areas of mutual interest in the insurance
sector under their existing MoU framework.
 India-U.S. Trade Policy Forum
 U.S.-India Commercial Dialogue: To expand
cooperation in the areas of Talent, Innovation, and
Inclusive Growth.
4. Indo-US Deeping Strategic Partnership:
 U.S. support for India’s permanent membership on a
reformed UN Security Council (UNSC).
 QUAD
 Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain
Awareness
 Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative: a collaborative
approach among stakeholders to address shared
challenges. It extends the "Security and Growth for
All in the Region" (SAGAR) initiative initiated in 2015
by the Indian government. India welcomed US joining
it.
 Partners in the Blue Pacific 2022: the US and its allies
— Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the United
Kingdom — have launched a new initiative called
‘Partners in the Blue Pacific’ for “effective and
efficient cooperation” with the region’s small island
nations. India as an observer partner.
 Strategic partnership in the Middle East: I2U2, IMEC
etc

5. Indo-US Partnership on Energy Transition and Climate

Change:
 U.S.-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030
Partnership
 Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP)
 U.S.-India New and Emerging Renewable Energy
Technologies Action Platform.
 What factors are driving proximity in India-US relations:
 1. US led contain China Strategy.
2. Counter global terrorism: Al-Qa’ida, ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT),
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and Hizb-ul-Mujhahideen.
3. Democracy vs Authoritarianism
4. Indian ambitions of becoming a global stakeholder and regional
hegemon.
5. Economic Interests of India and US.
 Factors that can hamper the growth of India-US Strategic
Partnership:
1. India-Russia Strategic Partnership.
2. Indian participation in the SCO- a Chinese and Russian dominated
organization.
3. BRICS Expansion and Indian Role.
4. Indian Policy of non-alignment.
5. De-dollarization and India’s trade in its own currency.
6. India-Iran Strategic Partnership.
7. Independent Foreign Policy Persuasion of India.
8. Modi’s growing Human Rights Violations.
 Implications for Pakistan:
1. Disturbing the Balance of Power in South Asia.
2. Exacerbating arms race in the region.
3. Strengthening Indian ambitions to suppress Kashmir Issue.
4. US turning its eye from India’s Human Rights violations.
5. Deteriorating Pak-US relations.
6. Portraying CPEC as debt trap.
7. India using its diplomatic might to isolate and coerce Pakistan from the
global political arena.
8. Prospects of Indian inclusion in the UNSC as Permanent Member.
 Policy options for Pakistan:
1. Enhance its strategic Partnership with China.
2. Pursue active diplomacy to curb the Indian attempts to isolate
Pakistan.
3. Modernizing Military Prowess with help of China and Russia.
 4. Forming formidable bilateral economic cooperation with inter-
regional and intra-regional countries to avoid economic suppression.
5. Inclusion in the regional corridors to enhance regional connectivity:
Middle Corridor, IMEC, Greater Eurasian Partnership, B3W etc
6. Playing a vibrant role in SCO to achieve strategic interests.

Conclusion