When India’s national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met his American counterpart, the 46-year old Jake Sullivan, in Washington DC in January to launch the initiative on critical and emerging technologies (ICET), Doval, 78, told Sullivan that he didn’t have much time on his side.

“Jake, we have to deliver on this soon.”
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Five months later, as Sullivan arrives in New Delhi to firm up the deliverables
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