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Mutual trust and sensitivity important to maintain US-India relations: foreign policy experts say
Ram Madhav, president of the India Foundation also highlighted how the Indian diaspora in the U.S. has been going through a lot of anxiety and a lot of worries.
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Shinjini Ghosh - Fri, 24, Apr 2026
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(from left to right): Moderator Bill Drexel, Hudson Institute, Ram Madhav, Elizabeth Threlkeld, and Kurt Campbell / Shinjini Ghosh
At a wide-ranging discussion on the United States-India relationship, former diplomats, policy makers, political leaders and strategists on April 23 stressed the importance of “mutual trust, sensitivity and respect.”
The event, which was a part of the New India Conference organized by the Hudson Institute, saw different panels discuss India’s evolving approach to economics, new paths forward for U.S.-India relations and the role India is playing currently in the geopolitical space.
Kurt Campbell, former U.S. deputy secretary of state said, “It is troubling on some level that we have to have a reminder around mutual respect. I wouldn’t have a thought that the U.S.-India relationship would ever come to this point, but I acknowledge that we are here, and I do believe that, as a foundational principle, it is of critical importance.”
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Referring to U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media post which referred to India as a “hellhole,” Priyanka Chaturvedi, former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha said that such comments “leave a doubt” with respect to relationship between the two countries.
“These are comments coming from somebody who is a Trump supporter and (Trump) sharing that on Truth Social, kind of leaves a question in our minds, a doubt in our minds as to how far we are going to go to ensure that India-U.S. relations are the relationships and the development that we talk about in the 21st century,” Chaturvedi said.
Ram Madhav, president of the India Foundation also highlighted how the Indian diaspora in the U.S. has been going through a “lot of anxiety, lot of worries.”
Madhav said that currently that one of the biggest problems with U.S.-India relations currently is that of “trust.”
“Mutual sensitivity is important,” Madhav said while stating that contemporary challenges had to be addressed for a better future. Referring to recent tensions regarding the trade deal between the U.S. and India, Madhav also highlighted how this had weakened the economic pillar.
Kenneth Juster, former U.S. Ambassador to India, however noted that while there have been strains in the relationship between the two countries in the second Trump administration, there are also strong partnerships across various sectors.
“I see strong U.S.–India ties enduring, whether it’s in areas such as defence, overall trade and investment, secure supply chains, technology cooperation, and energy security,” Juster said.
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