The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will co-chair the fifth India-U.S. Strategic Dialogue on July 31. Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations and former Indian Ambassador, who has also served as the Consul General in the U.S. previews the dialogue

Gateway House recently conducted a brainstorming session on “sub-regional perspective on India-Pakistan cooperation prospects and challenges with reference to Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab”.

On July 18, Gateway House hosted a Google Hangout titled VI BRICS Summit: Next Steps

This panel discussion on critical elements of India's foreign policy and expectations from BRICS countries. The panelists discuss the strength and the relevance of BRICS, the BRICS development bank, and the India-China & India-Russia relationship

Rajendra Abhyankar, former Indian ambassador to Syria, Turkey and Egypt, puts into context the Islamic State leader (formerly ISIS) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's inclusion of India in its global jihad and assesses the threat that India faces

Rajendra Abhyankar, former Indian ambassador to Syria, Turkey and Egypt, outlines what the Islam State's designs are in Iraq, and analyses how this could reshape the region

Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, and Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, discuss some of the important components of the Budget and evaluate it in the context of the expectations and the needs of the Indian economy

Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, and Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, analyse what the 2014 budget will mean for India's external engagements

Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, outlines why this is a historic opportunity for a united Kurdistan, whether the ISIS violence will spread to other countries in the region, and provides an outlook into India's and the international interests in the region.