Strategic Lens

Multilateral alignment: India and United States

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Second country

Both are members of the G20. Their agreement score in UN General Assembly voting was 35 percent in 2023, and 32 percent on average over 2019 to 2023.

Benefits

  • BothBoth are members of the G20.

Constraints

  • BothTheir agreement score in UN General Assembly voting was 35 percent in 2023, and 32 percent on average over 2019 to 2023.

Sources: Wikidata, statements on membership (property P463) (retrieved 26 September 2026); United Nations General Assembly voting data (Voeten, Strezhnev and Bailey), agreement scores (retrieved 25 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • BothBoth are in the Quad and the I2U2 group and back a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
  • IndiaIn 2010 the US declared support for India's permanent membership of the UN Security Council.

Constraints

  • IndiaIndia abstained on the UN resolution condemning the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which President Biden noted.

Sources: Wikipedia: India–United States relations (revision of 16 September 2026)