Make the 21st century an Indo-American century.

The world’s two largest democracies are natural allies. RHC works to turn that shared destiny into a formal, durable partnership across trade, defense, technology, and diplomacy.

In short

RHC champions a comprehensive US-India strategic alliance, a free-trade agreement, deep defense and technology cooperation, and a shared Indo-Pacific vision, as the defining partnership of the century.

Where things stand

The challenge in front of us.

India is now the world’s most populous democracy and one of its largest economies, and US-India ties have never been warmer. Yet the relationship still runs on ad-hoc deals rather than a lasting framework, and every year without one is a year China works to fill the vacuum.

Two-way US-India trade has grown fast but still has no comprehensive free-trade agreement.
Tariff friction and decades of legacy suspicion slow the momentum on both sides.
A projected $4 trillion trade opportunity over the next decade sits largely unrealized.

Where RHC stands

India is America’s most important partner in the Indo-Pacific. A strong, formal alliance makes both nations safer and more prosperous, and anchors the free world against authoritarian expansion. This is the mission that sits above every other priority.

The RHC solution

What we’re fighting for.

Negotiate a US-India Free Trade Agreement targeting $4 trillion in two-way trade within the decade.
Deepen defense co-production, intelligence sharing, and joint exercises.
Expand cooperation on semiconductors, space, and critical technology.
Align on a free and open Indo-Pacific with India as the regional anchor.

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Shalli Kumar hails Trump's G7 vow to stand with India | CNN-News18

Following the June 2026 G7 summit in France, where Donald Trump praised Prime Minister Modi and signaled support for India, Shalli Kumar welcomes the remarks as a milestone for the US-India relationship.

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The Nation That Sets the Rules for AI Will Set the Rules for the Century

Shalli Kumar argues that whichever nation writes the governing rules for artificial intelligence will shape the coming century, and he presses for the US and India to lead that effort together. He frames democratic AI governance as the alternative to authoritarian control of the technology.