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title: US-India Trust Conference | Agenda
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May 11, 2026

# US-India Trust Conference

Monday, May 11

8:30 AM

Shultz 408

#### Breakfast

9:00 AM

Shultz 408

#### Opening Remarks

[**Dr. Šumit Ganguly**](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/sumit-ganguly), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

[**Ambassador David C. Mulford**](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/david-c-mulford), Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, and former US Ambassador to India (2004-2009)

9:15 AM

Shultz 408

#### Session 1: Introduction and Overview

[**Dr. Andrew Kydd**](https://polisci.wisc.edu/staff/andrew-kydd/), Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin

[**Dr. Brian Rathbun**](https://www.politics.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/brian-rathbun), Professor and Munk Chair in Global Affairs, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto

**Commentator:** [**Dr. Emily Tallo,**](https://emilytallo.com) Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University

10:20 AM

#### Break

10:30 AM

Shultz 408

#### Session 2: Structural Context

[**Dr. Rajesh Rajagopalan**](https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/r_rajesh), Professor of International Politics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

[**Dr. Eswaran Sridharan**](https://casi.sas.upenn.edu/visiting/sridharan), Director and Chief Executive Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India (UPIASI), New Delhi

**Commentator:** [**Mr. Ronak D. Desai**](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/ronak-d-desai), Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution

11:45 AM

Hatfeild Courtyard

#### Lunch

12:55 PM

Shultz 408

#### Remarks from Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy

1:15 PM

Shultz 408

#### Session 3: Domestic Factors

[**Dr. John D. Ciorciari**](https://internationalstudies.indiana.edu/people/faculty/ciorciari-john.html), Interim Provost, Indiana University Bloomington

[**Dr. Ian Hall,**](https://experts.griffith.edu.au/18600-ian-hall) Professor of International Relations, Griffith University

**Commentator:** [**Dr. Oriana Mastro**](https://fsi.stanford.edu/people/oriana-skylar-mastro)**, **Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science, Stanford University

2:30 PM

Shultz 408

#### Session 4: The Decision Making Level

[**Dr. Šumit Ganguly**](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/sumit-ganguly), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

[**Dr. Dinsha Mistree**](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/dinsha-mistree), Research Fellow, Hoover Institution

**Commentator: [Dr. James D. Fearon](https://politicalscience.stanford.edu/people/james-fearon)**, Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

3:45 PM

Shultz 408

#### Closing Remarks

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4:30 PM

Shultz Auditorium

Public Event

#### Powering Global Cooperation: Innovation, Security, & Geopolitics in a Changing Energy Landscape

[Register for the event.](https://www.hoover.org/events/powering-global-cooperation-innovation-security-geopolitics-changing-energy-landscape)

In today’s world, energy is a driver of security, prosperity, and strategic influence. As geopolitical shocks, market volatility, and technological change transform the global energy landscape, trusted partnerships are becoming essential to resilience and long-term stability.

Join **Condoleezza Rice** and **Arun Majumdar**, in conversation moderated by **Šumit Ganguly**, on how energy is reshaping international cooperation. Drawing on lessons from the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Accord and the challenges of today’s security environment, the discussion will explore how the United States and its partners can strengthen energy security, advance innovation, and build a more stable global future.

This timely discussion will examine the intersection of energy, trust, and geopolitics—and what it will take to power cooperation in a rapidly changing world.

**Opening Remarks: Ambassador David C. Mulford**, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, and former US Ambassador to India (2004-2009)

**Dr. Condoleezza Rice, **Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy

[**Dr. Arun Majumdar**, ](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/arun-majumdar#:~:text=%2Farun%2Dmajumdar.-,About,Chair%20Professor%20at%20Stanford%20University.)Senior Fellow (courtesy), Hoover Institution, Inaugural Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, and the Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor at Stanford University

**Moderator: Dr. Šumit Ganguly, **Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

[Click here](https://go.hoover.org/microsite-us-india-trust-conference/participants?hsLang=en) to view participant bios.