IntelBrief: Modi State Visit Symbolizes Expanding U.S.-India Partnership

Bottom Line Up Front

• U.S. officials hope this week’s visit by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States will help realize a strategic, defense, and technology partnership with the world’s most populous nation.
• Russia’s military failures in Ukraine have given the United States an opportunity to increase its arms sales to New Delhi, which relies heavily on Russian arms.
• U.S. officials hope that the Modi visit will advance bilateral cooperation on advanced technology projects, including artificial intelligence, and quantum computing.
• The human rights and governance record of Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party will likely receive little official discussion but may cloud the visit and trigger criticisms that they are being sidelined in favor of security collaboration.