India and the United States on Tuesday signed the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA), which, along with the three agreements signed earlier — the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement and the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement — make up four “foundational pacts” for deep military cooperation between the two countries. BECA is said to be one of the few basic deals that the United States signs with its close partners. The agreement pertains to exchange of Geospatial-Intelligence information for use by the governments for defence and other purposes. Under the agreement, the US would exchange technical and procedural information about standardisation of methods, specifications and formats for the collection, processing and production of Geo intelligence information with India. In this edition of Security Scan we will analyse Military & Strategic Cooperation between the two nations.

Guests:
1. Maj. Gen. Ashwani Siwach (Retd.), Defence Analyst
2. Shakti Sinha, Foreign Affairs Analyst & Director, Delhi School of Public Policy & Governance
3. K. P. Nayar, Strategic Analyst

Anchor: Frank Rausan Pereira

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