#Quad Summit Modi Meets Biden

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Andrew Korybko

Sep 14, 2024

Expectations should be tempered though.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the US from 21-24 September to attend the upcoming Quad Summit that’ll be hosted at Biden’s Delaware residence. This follows his trips to Moscow and Kiev earlier this summer, which readers can learn more about from the preceding hyperlinked analyses, as well as his National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval’s trip to St. Petersburg last week for the BRICS NSA Summit. Doval also had a separate meeting with Putin where he briefed him about Modi’s trip to Kiev.

What’s most interesting about Modi’s upcoming trip to the US though is that it’s taking place against the backdrop of newly troubled ties brought about by an alleged attempted assassination last year and America’s role in Bangladesh’s regime change last month. The first greatly worsened mutual perceptions of one another, both at the elite and civil society levels, while the second could pose serious national security threats depending on the policies that the new government implements.

The Quad Summit is therefore a convenient opportunity for bringing Modi and Biden together to discuss their problems afterwards. This year’s event was supposed to be hosted by India, but it agreed to swap hosting duties with the US. It’s unclear why, but Biden might be too frail to travel and/or his team wanted this summit to part of his legacy. Another possibility is that it might be too scandalous for Biden to travel to India after his government accused it late last year of conspiring to kill a dual US citizen.

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Human Rights Organizations Urge American and Australian Governments to Address Transnational Repression During Quad Meeting

As organizations dedicated to fighting for justice, equality, and human rights around the world, we call on President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to publicly and privately raise concerns about the increasing  pattern of transnational repression from the Indian government when they meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during this weekend’s Quad Summit. Biden and Albanese must make clear that any security relationship cannot come at the expense of the security and rights of Americans, Australians, and Indians. Learn Full Story- https://www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/human-rights-organizations-urge-american-and-australian-governments-to-address-transnational-repression-during-quad-meeting

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Biden Forgets Which World Leader He Is Supposed To Introduce, Says ‘Who’s Next?’

US President Joe Biden (R) introduces Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) looks on during an event about the Quadrilateral Cancer Moonshot during the Quadrilateral Summit at the Archmere Academy in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 21, 2024.

President Joe Biden forgot which world leader he was supposed to introduce at a press conference event during the Quad summit, and yelled, “Who is next?”

On Saturday, Biden was at the podium and was set to introduce India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to the stage. However, instead, he appeared to be unsure which of the three visiting heads of government he was meant to name.

“Thank you all for being here and now, uh, who am I introducing next? Who’s next?” Biden shouted after wrapping up his remarks.

An announcer on the sidelines signaled that Modi was up next as the prime minister came up and shook hands with Biden soon thereafter.

Biden has been hosting the allies of the four-nation Quad alliance for a two-day summit before the United Nations General Assembly meeting.

The Quad includes the U.S., Japan, India and Australia.

The incident came just a day after Biden received heavy criticism for allowing First Lady Jill Biden to run a cabinet meeting on Friday.

Joe explained Jill’s presence there, saying, “Here and across previous administrations, first ladies have attended these meetings for specific reasons. This is the first time Jill has joined us, and it goes to show how important the issue is, which she is about to speak to.” 

He concluded by handing off to his wife, saying, “It’s all yours, kid.”

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Prime Minister meets with President of USA in Wilmington, Delaware

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The Hindu Morning Digest, September 22, 2024

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The timing of Prime Minister Modi's go to to the UN makes it all of the extra attention-grabbing: that is the fourth time that Modi has travelled to the UN in the course of the so-called Excessive Stage Week, after 2014, 2019 and 2021, although he won't be addressing the UN Basic Meeting this 12 months.This is what's on the agenda:1. Quad summit with US President Biden, Japanese PM Kishida and Australian PM Albanese. The Quad summit is predicted to be a heat farewell for 2 soon-to-be-retired leaders – Biden and Kishida. The PM will meet them in Wilmington, Delaware, earlier than heading to New York. What to anticipate: Modi’s assertion on India’s position within the Russia-Ukraine peace course of, the Quad’s joint assertion on China and on any sort of army or maritime partnership involving navies.2. UN Future Summit: The SoTF is a significant initiative by the UN Secretary-Basic to contemplate the place the world physique wants to enhance, reforms and different points - a Future Pact shall be signed. What to anticipate: It is going to be necessary for Modi to satisfy different leaders on the sidelines, reminiscent of Bangladesh, Ukraine and Israel. Additionally necessary shall be a gathering of the G4 group (Brazil, Germany, India and Japan) on the growth of the UN Safety Council, on which all of them have a joint proposal.3. Diaspora occasion: PM Modi is again to do a large diaspora occasion at a stadium for the primary time since 2019 and the Howdy Modi occasion in Texas. This time it's an occasion known as “Modi and America: Progress Collectively” – a barely personalised title, however one meant to be a rally for the diaspora, with round 16,000 spectators anticipated on the Nassau Colliseum in New York. What to anticipate? Will there be political messages of the sort we noticed in Texas with Abki Baar…? Will there even be protests of the sort he confronted in 2019 and 2021 from different members of the diaspora?There's additionally the case of an alleged Indian intelligence plot in opposition to Khalistani diaspora chief Pannun: the Justice Division trial is underway and a New York court docket has issued a subpoena in a civil case in opposition to NSA Doval, who will accompany Modi to the US, in addition to three others.4. Conferences with enterprise leaders: As per the MEA schedule, Modi will concentrate on conferences with CEOs of cutting-edge firms in synthetic intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing and biotechnology. What to look at: Which enterprise leaders will Modi meet? All eyes shall be on Elon Musk, the proprietor of Tesla, X and Starlink.Lastly, provided that the go to comes so near the US election, will the Prime Minister meet with one or each of the presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris?Requested whether or not Modi will meet Trump and likewise meet Harris, International Secretary Misri mentioned no assembly had been fastened up to now. “On the feedback that former President Trump has made and whether or not they are going to be taken up in a dialogue, I believe we have to first work on fixing a gathering after which talk about the problems.”It is clear that Trump made a mistake or spoke too quickly. How is the marketing campaign going?A technical tie: the most recent polls from New York say voters are tied at 47% every between Trump and Harris. Within the polling common, Kamala Harris has a 2% lead over Donald Trump.On the map of the battleground states, nonetheless, Trump nonetheless has the lead, however after the primary televised debate between Trump and Harris, the place she received by all indications, Harris is closing in. All of it comes all the way down to seven key states, as they're recognized: Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, the place Trump is forward, and Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the place Harris is forward.We are able to see that the camaraderie between Modi and Trump has been a lot better than that between Modi and Harris, despite the fact that Kamala Harris is of Indian descent. Allow us to take a look at 5 points that would make the distinction:Commerce: President Trump imposed new tariffs on India and stripped it of its GSP standing, nevertheless it tried to barter an FTA. Harris won't be in favor of FTA negotiations, however the Biden administration has ended all disputes with India on the WTO and is more likely to proceed to maneuver ahead in that course. Each nations are more likely to be protectionist, although Harris will make extra exceptions for nationwide safety causes.China: Each will step up the US-China rivalry and discuss robust, however Trump will anticipate extra from India in return for any deal, and should insist that India additionally step in to do extra on the Quad.Russia-Ukraine: A Harris administration will set the tone in Ukraine and should need to encourage India to get entangled in peace efforts, whereas Trump is more likely to need to obtain peace himself and never strain India to chop ties with Russia.Local weather change: A Harris administration will fund a bigger renewable transition for India however anticipate extra when it comes to local weather motion, whereas Trump won't be as involved about local weather targets and should strain India to purchase extra US vitality and full the Tellurian deal introduced in 2019 however by no means realized.Immigration: Whereas each nations will seemingly clamp down on unlawful immigration and enhance deportations, Trump may even seemingly scale back immigration of pros from India. His feedback within the debate about how he views immigrants are the topic of memes like this one.Human rights: Harris will proceed the Democratic message on human rights points in India, particularly since she is near progressives. Trump shouldn't be anticipated to deal with human rights, NGOs, minority rights or democratic decline in any respect if elected.Worldview: India and the US share 25 years of year-on-year progress of their ties, and whereas private connections might differ on the management degree, bilateral ties shall be optimistic irrespective of how unfavorable and polarized the marketing campaign within the US might develop into at this level.Host: Suhasini HaidarProduced by: Shibu Narayan and Sabika Syed Revealed - September 20, 2024 11:55 pm IST

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PM Modi Invites US President Joe Biden as Chief Guest for 2024 Republic Day Parade

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Debt Drama at Home Dents US Diplomacy, Role as 'Global Leader'

— Nebojsa Malic | May 20, 2023

A slogan is pictured at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in a protest against the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) Summit, in Hiroshima, Japan, May 17, 2023.(Photo: Xinhua)

It was supposed to be another "historic first" the US establishment is so fond of: a sitting president visiting a Pacific island nation, and during the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, no less! White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre positively gushed last week, announcing that Joe Biden would stopover in Papua New Guinea, right after the G7 summit in Hiroshima.

On Tuesday local time, however, Jean-Pierre had to walk it all back. Instead of proceeding to Port Moresby and on to Australia, for a meeting of the "Quad" of countries seeking to box in China, Biden will return to the US to hold last-minute negotiations with congressional leaders on raising the national debt limit.

Biden was supposed to receive a lavish welcome in Port Moresby, with portions of the city put on lockdown so he and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could move about safely. On Monday, Prime Minister James Marape had declared the day of Biden's visit a public holiday, urging the Papuans to get out of the way of the foreign guests and "share in the excitement of this historic occasion" by watching the visit on TV or online.

While canceling this glorious display of American "global leadership" - as Washington likes to put it - was no doubt painful, the debt crisis still is not considered enough of an emergency for Biden to skip the G7 summit in Japan. Calling that off would have been a clear distress signal.

Biden's Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has already argued that not raising the debt limit would cause Washington to default on its obligations by June 1. That's not true, strictly speaking. The US government has enough revenue to cover the debt and interest payments, even at $34.4 trillion. That would require balancing the budget, however, and not spending hundreds of billions on various social engineering programs beloved by the current US government.

As it is, the ruling establishment is likely to leverage the Papuans' presumed disappointment to mount even more public pressure on Congress to rubber-stamp yet another debt ceiling increase, in the guise of protecting the US' international prestige and reputation.

Arguably, that reputation has already been dented by the cancellation of the Papua and Australia trip. It's hard to claim that the US is an all-powerful leader of the "democratic world" and enforcer of the "rules-based international order" when it can't seem to get its own house sorted out.

Nor is the debt drama the only domestic political issue hampering US efforts to project power overseas. The culture war, which Washington sees as absolutely vital to getting and keeping power, is increasingly spilling over into foreign policy. The current government has been very clear that it values these beliefs more than any alliances - and in fact has sought to redefine America's alliances as being primarily based on "values," not common interests. This has already antagonized a variety of countries whose values are based on traditional morality, from the Arabian Peninsula to Africa.

In the interview with Bloomberg, former US Treasury secretary Lawrence Summers quoted someone from a developing country as saying, "What we get from China is an airport. What we get from the US is a lecture."

US politics are currently at such a stage that Washington is unable to prove the naysayers wrong by simply building a hospital. It's far more likely to send over an activist official to deliver a lecture on how lectures are a good thing, actually.

— The author is a Serbian-American Journalist.

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