Raisina Dialogue 2020: India`s annual global meet on geopolitics, geo-economics begins today

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New Delhi: India`s annual global conference on geopolitics and geo-economics, Raisina Dialogue 2020, begins here on Tuesday (January 14) with the participation of over 100 countries. The three-day flagship conference is jointly organised by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Observer Research Foundation. 

The fifth edition of the Raisina Dialogue 2020 has been India`s contribution to global efforts to discover solutions, identify opportunities and provide stability to a century that has witnessed an eventful two decades.

The inaugural session of the mega-event today will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi where other visiting leaders will share their views on important challenges facing the world related to globalisation, 2030 agenda, role of technology in the modern world, climate change and counter-terrorism.

Delegates at #Raisina2020

• Sonu Trivedi @trivedi_sonu
• Sumona Guha @ACSouthAsia
• Sophie Boisseau Du Rocher @IFRI_
• Sunaina Singh @nalanda_univ
• Stefania Benaglia @stebenaglia
• Sunil Ambekar @SunilAmbekarM @RSSorg

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This year`s Dialogue titled `Navigating the Alpha Century` is structured as a multi-stakeholder, cross-sectoral discussion, involving heads of states, cabinet ministers and local government officials as well as major private sector executives, members of the media and academics.

The conclave will bring together 700 international participants, of which 40 per cent of the speakers will be women, emphasising India`s commitment to gender equality. Along with the participation of 12 foreign ministers, including the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran, Australia, Maldives, South Africa, Estonia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Uzbekistan and the European Union, the National Security Adviser (NSA) of Afghanistan, the Deputy NSA of the United States and several other ministers of state will also present their ideas.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will share his insights on India`s growing role in the world in a session on January 15. 

Over the course of two days thereafter (on January15-16), intensive deliberations will take place over 80 sessions around 5 thematic pillars - the nationalist impulses challenging global institutions and collective action, the debate on the global trading architecture, the role of technologies in determining political, economic and military power, the global development agenda and the state-individual relationship in the age of digital communities and cyberspace, according to a statement by the MEA.

The Raisina Dialogue has acquired an enviable global profile uniting the best strategic thinkers of the world. The synergies and collaborations in the Raisina Dialogue represent India`s deliberative ethos, as well as its international credibility and convening power. 

The Raisina Dialogue has grown along with India`s diplomatic profile and will set the tone for its intensive diplomatic engagement this year.

(With Agency Inputs)