Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) Archives

A New Era in US Defence and Security Policy: Can Hegseth and Noem Tango for India-US Bonhomie?

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - November 19, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defence and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security indicates a new direction in American defence and security arrangements. Hegseth has...

Trump’s Triumph and India’s Ideations: Priorities and Expectations in a Changing World

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - November 7, 2024

President Donald Trump's historic victory makes him the second president ever to return to the White House for a second time after a gap of a four-year term. Before him, the only President to...

Resilient India-US Defence Partnership on the Upswing

Dr Mathew Sinu Simon - September 3, 2024

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the United States of America (August 23-26, 2024), met his counterpart, the US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and discussed bilateral defence cooperation, defence innovation, industrial collaboration, and regional...

An Asymmetrical Alliance

Amit Cowshish - July 17, 2023

The joint statement released at the conclusion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the United States of America, held from June 21 to 24, portrays the defense partnership between the two nations...

Indo-US Relations Post Trump Visit

Sri Krishna - February 29, 2020

New Delhi. On the face of it, the event at Motera and in Delhi during the two-day whirlwind visit of US President Donald Trump may have seemed to be more of theatrics. However, the...