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:: Special to South Asia Monitor |
Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement:
Expectations and Consequences.
President Strobe Talbot Prof. Steve Cohen, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen:
I thank you for inviting me here today and for giving me the opportunity to revisit an initiative that consumed such a significant chunk of our two nations diplomatic energies over the past 4 years and whose progress from start to finish is best characterized as an extended roller-coaster ride. The story of this extraordinary journey will, I have no doubt, be written some day, conveying the sense of drama that attended it every inch of the way. I will resist that temptation of story-telling today, but instead try to focus on new pathways which have been opened up by the agreement, for us to explore together, as we confront a probably more uncertain, chaotic and even dangerous world.
India’s Climate Change Initiatives:
Strategies for a Greener Future
I wish to thank the Carnegie Endowment for the opportunity to acquaint informed public opinion in the United States of how India is tackling the challenge of Climate Change. This is also an area of substantial Indo-US collaboration already and many more opportunities are likely to open up, thanks to President Obama’s decision to put Climate Change at the top of his Administration’s agenda, including his 10-year, US $ 150 billion Renewable Energy initiative.
Renewables, Reusables and Recyclables: The 3 Rs for a
Strategic Partnership between Indian and US Business – Looking Beyond the Global Economic and Financial Crisis
I wish to thank the USIBC for inviting me and for giving me a welcome opportunity to interact with US business leaders for the first time since the successful conclusion of the Indo-US Civil Nuclear agreement. The US business community played a stellar and supportive role in making this historic initiative a living reality and I wish to thank the many friends in the USIBC, both Americans and Indians and in particular, Ron Summers, who spared no effort in arguing our case where it mattered. You can be justifiably proud of what your contribution has helped accomplish – a dramatic transformation in Indo-US relations and the opening up of a wide-ranging spectrum of opportunities for economic partnership. The challenge before us now lies in translating these opportunities into practical collaborative partnerships on a scale and of a quality that befits the strategic partnership between our two countries.
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