Dr. Arzan Tarapore is a research scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University. In this 15-minute video, he provides an overview of U.S.–India relations and explains why this relationship is so important to both countries and to the world.
A free classroom-friendly discussion guide for this video is available for download below. This discussion guide complements and expands upon Dr. Tarapore’s video lecture. After viewing the video, students piece together a timeline of relations between India and the United States. Next, they research key changes in the bilateral relationship since the video was filmed, then bring this to the next class period. Students use what they learned to prepare for a debate on the future of U.S.–India relations, then conclude with a debrief of the debate. The discussion guide contains a complete transcript of the video and is appropriate for advanced secondary students and university students.
The video lecture and guide were made possible through the support of U.S. Department of Education National Resource Center funding (to Stanford’s Center for Global Studies) under the auspices of Title VI, Section 602(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.