1st Edition

India-US Convergence and Divergence under the Trump Administration

Edited By Raj Verma Copyright 2025
124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores India-US relations and addresses the questions: Did India-US relations strengthen under Trump 1.0? Was there greater political, diplomatic, strategic, and defense cooperation between the two largest democracies in the world under the Trump administration? Was there increasing convergence or divergence at the bilateral and multilateral level, in relations with third countries,... Read more

Introduction

Raj Verma

 

1. Trump, Modi, and the illiberal consensus

Vibhav M. and Irfan Nooruddin

 

2. Economic nationalism and India-US trade relations during the Modi-Trump years

Surupa Gupta

 

3. US retreat, Indian reform: multilateralism under Trump and Modi

Kate Sullivan de Estrada

 

4. No climate for cooperation: India-US climate relations during the Trump years

Vyoma Jha

 

5. Separately together: Indian and American approaches to China during the Trump era

Deepa Ollapally and Raj Verma

 

6. India-US-Russia dynamics in the Trump era

Raj Verma

 

7. Navigating the Af-Pak arena: India-US relations under the Trump administration

Stuti Bhatnagar

 

8. Navigating “maximum pressure”: the India-Iran-US relationship under the Trump presidency

Vinay Kaura

 

9. With a little help from China: the Trump administration and the reinvigoration of the Quad

Anit Mukherjee

 

 

 

Biography

Raj Verma is Professor of International Relations and Foreign Policy and Director, Center for South and Central Asia at Shanghai International Studies University, and Non-Resident Scholar at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, USA. He is the editor/co-editor of seven special issues/sections and author of more than 40 articles published in journals. His research is focused on India’s and China’s foreign and security policy, Sino–India–US-Russia-Pakistan relations, Asian security issues and International Relations theory.