The recording of the webinar on India's Foreign Policy hosted by EJSSS and BITS Pilani Goa Campus jointly on 31 Oct 2020 is uploaded in YouTube for the benefit of research and scholarly community.
Personally, it was a great learning experience for me. Amb Raghavan is DG ICWA, and he set the tone for discussions in a comprehensive (yet concise) manner outlining the whole gamut. Specially, he emphasised on Maritime dimension.
Amb Fabian was the hero of evacuation of Indians from Kwait during Iraq War 1990. He personally met and extracted a promise from Saddam Hussein for the safety of Indians and Air India crew who flew them out.
Prof Roger Liu's analysis of Sino-Indian situation and role Taiwan can play is enlightening.
Amb Thomasz of Poland eloquently talked about strengthening Indo-EU ties.
Amb Viswanathan's case and examples of growing Indo-Latin America ties are revelations.
Prof Shivkumar's case for integrating Area Studies Program into policy planning structure is thought provoking.
Dr Sumit Seth, Director PPR, MEA, succinctly explained how MEA goes about Foreign policy keeping national interests at heart. This part is a must for IR students!
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