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Power Problems • July 11, 2023 

# India, the Swing State? 

Sameer Lalwani, Senior Expert at the United States Institute for Peace, discusses India’s place in global politics, the advantages and drawbacks of deepening U.S.-India relations, India’s illiberal turn, Indian relations with Russia, Pakistan, and China, and related topics. He also discusses more restrained alternatives to U.S. naval strategy.

**Show Notes**

- [Sameer Lalwani bio](https://www.usip.org/people/sameer-p-lalwani-phd)
- Sameer Lalwani and Joshua Shifrinson, “[Whither Command of the Commons? Choosing Security over Control](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2256101),” MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2013–15 (April 1, 2013).
- Sameer Lalwani and Vikram J. Singh, “[A Big Step Forward in U.S.-India Defense Ties](https://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Home/ShareArticle?OrgId=46a8538271&imageview=0),” *The Hindustan* (New Delhi), April 6, 2023.
- Sameer Lalwani et al., “[What to Watch in 2023: India’s Pivotal Year on the Global Stage](https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/02/what-watch-2023-indias-pivotal-year-global-stage),” United States Institute of Peace, February 8, 2023.
- Sameer Lalwani and Happymon Jacobs, “[Will India Ditch Russia](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/india/will-india-ditch-russia)?” *Foreign Affairs*, January 24, 2023.
- Sameer Lalwani and Heather Byrne, “[Great Expectations: Asking Too Much of the US-India Strategic Partnership](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0163660X.2019.1666353),” *The Washington Quarterly* 42, no. 3 (2019): pp. 41–64.

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