Raymond Vickery, Jr.

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics
Raymond Vickery

Raymond Vickery, Jr. is a senior adviser at Albright Stonebridge Group, where he brings decades of experience promoting U.S.-India economic cooperation in the public and private sectors to his work with clients. During the Clinton administration, Mr. Vickery served as assistant secretary of commerce for trade development, where he was responsible for India in the department’s Big Emerging Markets initiative. During his tenure at the Commerce Department, he launched the U.S.-India Commercial Alliance in conjunction with Secretary Ron Brown’s Presidential Trade Development mission to India and organized the Advocacy Center, which successfully advocated for contracts entailing billions of dollars of U.S. exports. Previously, Mr. Vickery was a government contracts partner in the law firm of Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovell’s U.S., LLP). He also served three terms as an elected member of the Virginia General Assembly and in other political capacities. His recent experience includes work with the Coalition for Partnership with India on the successful U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative, the Bollywood-Hollywood Initiative to fight film piracy in India, and the Coalition for Healthy India to promote U.S.-India cooperation on health. He has served as chair of the U.S.-India Business Council Working Group on Chemicals and Petrochemicals and has worked extensively on tariff, regulatory, and liability issues in that field. Mr. Vickery was a scholar in the Asia Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and an adjunct professor at George Mason University. He is the author of numerous articles on U.S.-India relations and a frequent speaker at seminars on the subject. He was a Fulbright scholar in South Asia and is a graduate of Duke University (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and Harvard Law School.

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Experts React: Quad Leaders’ Summit 2024

The Quad Leaders' Summit was held in Wilmington on September 21. CSIS India Chair Experts Raymond Vickery,  S. L. Narasimhan, and Aman Thakker offer expert comments on the outcomes, India's leadership,  and an ever-increasing threat from China.  

Commentary by Raymond Vickery, Jr., S. L. Narasimhan, and Aman Thakker — September 26, 2024

Indo-Pacific Forecast 2023

What is the outlook for U.S.-China relations? Which of the U.S. alliance networks in the Indo-Pacific is most promising? Will IPEF thrive? Join CSIS experts to explore these and other questions during our annual preview of political, security, and economic developments.

Event — January 12, 2023

The 117th Congress and U.S.-India Relations

U.S.- India relations are likely to be be viewed in the 117th Congress through the lens of other foreign and domestic issues rather than being considered on their own merits.

Blog Post by Raymond Vickery, Jr. — February 11, 2021

Asia Forecast 2020

The annual Asia Forecast event is a preview of political, economic, and security developments in the whole of the Asia-Pacific region, featuring three panels of CSIS Asia Program experts.

Event — January 22, 2020

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Balancing U.S.-India Energy Ties

In this episode, we discuss energy cooperation in the U.S.-India relationship. ​Achieving two diverging goals for energy engagement in the relationship – deepening and broadening renewables cooperation while India is importing U.S. oil and gas – will likely require a balancing act.

Podcast Episode by Kartikeya Singh and Raymond Vickery, Jr. — November 1, 2018

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U.S. & India: From Estranged Democracies to Natural Allies

Kicked off by a conversation with Ambassadr Navtej Sarna of India, our expert speakers will assess progress, and offer thoughts as to where the U.S.-India relationship may head next, and how policymakers can bring it to life.

Event — May 14, 2018

Is It Finally Time for a U.S.-India Free Trade Agreement?

The United States is counting on its fellow mega-democracy to help address international strategic issues ranging from the fight against terrorism to the rise of China as a hegemon in Asia.

Commentary by Raymond Vickery, Jr. — February 26, 2018