The foreign network inside America: How India’s global Indians are used to steer U.S. policy, jobs and investments from the inside
By Amanda Bartolotta
‘The republic is being gutted from within by talent pipelines, lobbying arms and diaspora operatives loyal to a foreign agenda’
The Indian government does not hide its intentions. It does not cloak its agenda in diplomatic vagueness or cultural goodwill. On the contrary, India has made one fact abundantly clear: it views its global diaspora as a state-controlled asset, a tool of national policy and an instrument of foreign influence.
The Indian government has built one of the most extensive and coordinated diaspora engagement strategies in modern history, one that now plays a central role in India’s global rise. Unlike other nations that merely celebrate their emigrant populations, India has institutionalized a system designed to leverage its overseas citizens for strategic national gain.
To put it simply India has built a state-backed infrastructure specifically designed to mobilize its overseas population as a tool of strategic leverage.
In the process, Indian-origin individuals embedded in American institutions are playing increasingly pivotal roles in influencing U.S. policy, offshoring economic opportunities and redirecting American resources to support India’s geopolitical ambitions.
A state-engineered diaspora strategy
According to The United Indian the Indian diaspora is viewed as a global force capable of swaying political outcomes in host countries.
The publication boasts that Indian-origin communities have driven India’s development through remittances, capital inflows and transfers of technical knowledge from abroad.