Raisaina Dialogue

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Recently, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated the 6th edition of the Raisina Dialogue 2021.

About

• It is jointly organised by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Observer Research Foundation,and will be held virtually from 13-16 April, 2021.
• Theme: “#ViralWorld: Outbreaks, Outliers and Out of Control”.
• Current edition of the Raisina Dialogue is taking place at a watershed moment in human history in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic which has been ravaging the world for more than a year.
• The Prime Minister called upon the global community to introspect on some pertinent questions in the present context.

Key Highlights

Issues to focus upon

• Democratic sovereign nations are being threatened and coerced by foreign interference.
• Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated, including from state-sponsored actors. Economic coercion is being employed as a tool of statecraft.
• Liberal rules and norms are under assault and there is a great polarisation that our world is at risk of moving towards.
• Our region confronts some formidable challenges, and the pandemic has sparked a renewed appreciation among like-minded nations for each other and what all of us can contribute to our partnerships and to our region.

Suggestions

• Countries should come together “to build a durable strategic balance in the Indo-Pacific”.
• Like-minded nations”, including India and Australia, to “act more consistently, more cohesively, more often, in our shared interests” and to protect “liberal values that underpin the global order”.
• India and Australia should stand together for democratic freedoms amid “a great polarisation” in the region between authoritarian countries and liberal democracies,

About Raisaina Dialogue

• The Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community.
•  It was started in 2016.
• The Dialogue is structured as a multi-stakeholder, cross-sectoral discussion, involving heads of state, cabinet ministers and local government officials, who are joined by thought leaders from the private sector, media and academia to discuss the state of the world and explore opportunities for cooperation on a wide range of contemporary matters.
• The conference is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
•  This effort is supported by a number of institutions, organisations and individuals, who are committed to the mission of the conference.
• This year, the conference will be hosted in a hybrid format with in-person conversations and digital discussions.

Source :IE