The Roundtable, ‘Convergence Under Constraint: Recasting India–U.S. Defence Ties for a Contested Decade’, brought together serving and former officers, strategic analysts, and industry interlocutors for a discussion, under the Chatham House Rule, examining the future roadmap for bilateral defence partnership.

The conversation covered co-production that goes beyond assembly, easing barriers to technology transfer, maritime security as a natural area for joint work, and how India can deepen ties with the USA while preserving its strategic autonomy.

As countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America seek a stronger role in global governance, development finance, technology and climate action, the panel asked how the USA and the Global South can build a more forward-looking framework for engagement, one that recognises the growing agency and diversity of Global South countries.

As countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America seek a stronger role in global governance, development finance, technology and climate action, the panel asked how the USA and the Global South can build a more forward-looking framework for engagement, one that recognises the growing agency and diversity of Global South countries. It probed what role can universities, think tanks, businesses, civil society, and other non-state actors play in strengthening the engagement and how can India contribute to building stronger bridges between the USA and countries across the Global South.