NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON â As America seeks to counter a rising China, no nation is more important than India, with its vast size, abundance of highly skilled technical professionals, and strong political and cultural ties with the United States. This conclusion has been made by one of the leading science and technology think tanks in the U.S.
The Washington-based Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, in a significant paper authored by David Moschella and Robert Atkinson, has said that the economic and geopolitical stakes for the U.S. could not be much higher.
Reviewing geopolitics of the world, the ITIF said that based on what the Biden administration and the Modi government decide, the world could end up in two possible scenarios.
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Last Updated: Apr 13, 2021, 10:14 AM IST
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It however cautioned that overreliance on India as an IT services provider could become a strategic problem if major disagreements emerge between the two nations on issues such as intellectual property, data governance, tariffs, taxation, local content requirements or individual privacy.
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