The ongoing general election is critical for India. It will impact the country’s economic outlook, as well as its foreign policy and external relations, in ways that are significant for India’s evolving role in a globalising world.
On April 23, Gateway House hosted eight online panel discussions on India’s foreign policy, with various diplomats and experts. The issues discussed ranged from trade relations to defence and security.
1. Deepening engagement with the Indo-Pacific with Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, Tevita Motulalo, former Senior Researcher, Gateway House (Tonga), Greg Barton, Herb Feith Research Professor, Monash University (Australia) and Bernard Philip, Deputy High Commissioner, Australian High Commission (New Delhi). The discussion was moderated by Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, Gateway House.
2. India & ASEAN: What can they expect from each other? with Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, Nat Pinyowattanacheep, Consul General of Thailand (Mumbai), Rizali Wilmar Indrakesuma, Indonesian Ambassador to India (New Delhi) and Manu Bhaskaran, Director of Centennial Group International (Singapore). The discussion was moderated by Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, Gateway House.
3. India & Africa: A new direction with Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House and Renu Modi, Senior Lecturer, Mumbai University. The discussion was moderated by Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, Gateway House.
4. BRICS: Fast forwarding with Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House (Mumbai) and Pramit Pal Chaudhari, Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times (New Delhi) and Luis Miranda, Founder, IDFC Private Equity. The discussion was moderated by Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, Gateway House.
5. West Asia & India: Expectations of continuity or change? with Waiel Awwad, Journalist and President, FCC (New Delhi) and Sreeram Chaulia, Dean, Jindal School of International Affairs (Sonipat). The discussion was moderated by Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, Gateway House.
6. EU: Trade & turmoil with Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House (Mumbai) Michael Siebert, Consul General of Germany (Mumbai), Shada Islam, Director of Policy, Friends of Europe (Brussels), Gustavo de Aristegui, Spanish Ambassador to India (New Delhi), Gauri Khandekar, Researcher and Head of Agora Asia-Europe Programme (Brussels). The discussion was moderated by Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, Gateway House.
7. India & North America: Revitalising ties with Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House (Mumbai), Richard Bale, Consul General of Canada (Mumbai), Seema Sirohi, Gateway House columnist (Washington D.C.), Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow, India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations (Washington D.C.), Raj Bhala, Associate Dean for International and Comparative Law, University of Kansas (Kansas City), Nish Acharya, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress and CEO, Equal Innovation (Washington DC). The discussion was moderated by Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, Gateway House.
8. India & Latin America: A growing partnership with Soraya Caro Vargas, Director of CESICAM (Colombia), Jorge Heine, former Chilean Ambassador to India, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Chile) and Javier Paulinich, Ambassador of Peru to India, (New Delhi). The discussion was moderated by R. Viswanathan, Distinguished Fellow, Latin America Studies, Gateway House.
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