U.S-India Relations in the Context of Great Power Competition – The Rise of India

India is a rising power - join Dr. Dan Markey and Professor Robert Sutter as we discuss the future of great power competition in South Asia!
India is a rising power – join Dr. Dan Markey and Professor Robert Sutter as we discuss the future of great power competition in South Asia!

US Indian Relations in the Context of Great Power Competition

Tuesday, April 11 · 6:30 – 8pm EDT

1957 E St NW Washington, DC 20052 || Room B17

Growing Competition:

Great power competition is on the rise – as confrontations between China, Russia, and the United States increase how does the rising power of India complicate things? Join us on April 11th as Dr. Robert Sutter and Dr. Dan Markey discuss the future of US – Indian relations.

Dr. Daniel Markey is a Senior Advisor on South Asia at the United States Institute of Peace. He is also a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Foreign Policy Institute. From 2015-2021, Dr. Markey was a senior research professor in international relations at SAIS, where he launched and led the Master of Arts in Global Policy degree program and taught courses in international politics and policy. From 2007-2015, Dr. Markey was a senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Markey was a member of the U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff. His work focused on U.S. strategy in South Asia, especially Pakistan and India. Prior to government service, he taught in the Department of Politics at Princeton University and served as executive director of Princeton’s Research Program in International Security. Earlier, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Olin Institute for Strategic Studies.

Dr. Robert Sutter is a Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the Elliott School of George Washington University. A Ph.D. graduate in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University, Sutter has published 22 books (four with multiple editions), over 300 articles and several hundred government reports dealing with contemporary East Asian and Pacific countries and their relations with the United States. He also has more than 30 years of government experience related to US foreign policy in China and Asia. He served as senior specialist and director of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service, the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and the Pacific at the National Intelligence Council, and the China division director at the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Dr. Sutter will moderate the discussion.