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In Conversation with Nitin Gadkari at Raisina 2022
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Making Tesla cars in China and selling in India is not good for us: Nitin Gadkari to Elon Musk As the world grapples with the energy transition from fossil fuel to green energy India has chalked out a definite roadmap for this shift aligning with its commitments to COP 26. But with the impact of the current geopolitical constraints and challenges on energy security, can India accelerate this move? Speaker: Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, India Mod...
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Making Tesla cars in China and selling in India is not good for us: Nitin Gadkari to Elon Musk As the world grapples with the energy transition from fossil fuel to green energy India has chalked out a definite roadmap for this shift aligning with its commitments to COP 26. But with the impact of the current geopolitical constraints and challenges on energy security, can India accelerate this move? Speaker: Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, India Mod...
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1 Yuans and Euros: Decoding China’s Role in Europe 11:19
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Does the EU have the tools and the political resolve to deal with China's economic coercion? Will Lithuania serve as a litmus test for the future of EU-China relations? Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania Moderator: Garima Mohan, Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany The Raisina Dialogue is a multilateral conference committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community. Every year, global leaders in policy...…

1 Something in the Air: Taking Stock of India's Air Pollution Crisis 19:47
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Maharashtra has joined hands with EV100 to boost corporate adoption of electric vehicles and accelerate the uptake of EV Policy. How much will it contribute to mitigating the air pollution crisis? Why is regional cooperation important to address the issue of air pollution? How can stronger regional collaboration be fostered and leveraged to collectively address the issue? Speakers: Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, India Aaditya Thackeray, Former Minister of Tourism and Environme...…

1 World War(M) III: Adaptation and Disaster Resilience 22:51
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The intensifying impact of climate change and extreme weather events is exposing the fragility of our vital infrastructure. The devastating impact of every cyclone, flood or drought makes it that much harder to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. What can be done to address this crisis? What frameworks would bring climate change adaptation and resilience into the development/infrastructure planning processes? Speakers: Richard J. Randriamandrato, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs,...…

1 Green Battlegrounds: Carbon Tax or Taxing Poverty? 55:48
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The most efficient mechanism to accelerate the transition to low-carbon growth is a carbon price. But how will different approaches to taxing or pricing carbon intersect with each other? How can we ensure that the developing world’s poverty is not the developed world’s mitigation strategy? Speakers: Waseqa Ayesha Khan, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources; Member of Parliament, Bangladesh Jayant Sinha, Member of Parliamen...…

1 New Fuels, Old Aspirations: Moving the Next 5 Billion 25:46
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Past industrial revolutions were powered by the uncontrolled use of fossil fuels; the Fourth Industrial Revolution must find additional sources of energy. Yet, 2021 provided stark reminders of how many countries still depend on a secure supply of fossil fuels. The energy transition is not straightforward: It could amplify socio-political fissures at home, and introduce dependencies abroad. For developing countries, rigid decarbonisation measures could also thwart the evolution of a robust dom...…
How is the Quantum landscape evolving in India? How will Quantum Technologies affect communication and encryption? In what ways will quantum impact other emerging tech like IoT and AI? Specific to India: Quantum opens a new pathway for India to rejuvenate manufacturing. In what way does India’s quantum mission support manufacturing in the country? Vikram Sharma, Founder and CEO, Quintessence Labs, Australia Moderator: Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Director, Centre for Security, Strategy an...…

1 The Meta Question: Global Technology, Local Aspirations 19:29
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Given the concentration of economic, cultural, and political power accrued by Big Tech, is trust-busting action now inevitable? How should platforms aim to increase the trust deficit between themselves, the customers they serve, and the jurisdictions they operate in? Should global platforms uphold Western notions of free speech where they operate, or should they adapt to local standards? Nick Clegg, President, Global Affairs, Meta, United Kingdom Moderator: Ashok Malik, Partner and C...…
The geopolitical developments and the pandemic in the last two and a half years have made us acutely aware of the frailties of global public goods, supply chains, and institutions. The weaponisation of financial systems and prominent symbols of globalisation has rung alarm bells around the world. How can global financial flows and mechanisms be ring-fenced from political blockages? Does the weaponisation of popular symbols of globalisation have real-value impact, or is it merely pandering? ...…

1 Diminished Democracies: Big Tech, Red Tech, and Deep Tech 40:32
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Technology, once presumed to deepen and reinforce democracy, also poses risks to free societies along multiple axes. Large tech companies have gained influence in sectors from financial services to healthcare, while regulators struggle to keep up. Authoritarian states have discovered the use of technology as a method of control. And technology itself has moved into areas such as deep fakes that challenge social reality itself. How important is digital literacy and how can it be established ...…

1 Dragon's Fire: Deciphering China After Ukraine 52:13
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As the plains of Ukraine turned into a battlefield, few players had more at stake than China. Its “no limits” partner faced stringent Western sanctions and its strategic competitors had found a new resolve. China is faced with a choice between its stated respect for sovereignty and its burgeoning friendship with Moscow. What lessons will China and the world take from the Ukraine conflict? If deterrence hasn’t worked with Moscow, how will it work with Beijing? With the West largely unit...…

1 The End Of Multilaterlism: A Networked Global Order? 46:55
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In conversation with our experts at ORF Berlin, this episode of Raisina@Berlin talks about how health infrastructure has been threatened after the pandemic in even the most powerful countries, followed by Russia’s war against Ukraine, the international community is in a state of peril. As the war wages on, the global network of partnerships will be subjected to growing pressure. In times where differences in opinion on international security have polarized major powers, how can trade and tech...…

1 The COP26 Scorecard: Has It Made Enough Progress? 17:16
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Intensifying floods, wildfires and other climate catastrophes around the world have exposed gaps in foreign policy in addressing climate change. With developing economies being disproportionately affected by weather disasters, have climate summits like COP26 made enough progress to accelerate green transformation in these economies? Climate finance drives sustainable development, transitioning to a clean economy and building resilience. How can we leverage the private sector in incentivizin...…

1 Part-2 | Securing Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | Raisina@DC 27:53
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Continuing the discussion on partnerships in cyberspace at Raisina@DC, our experts further deep dive into mitigating risks through engagements with the private sector. How can operational collaboration in data security help governments protect critical infrastructure? Which effective models of multilateral governance can states adopt to tackle the idea of ‘Regulation hurting innovation’? How do cloud service providers fit into government architecture and balance the power politics of cybersp...…

1 Part-1 | Securing Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure | Raisina@DC 29:38
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In conversation with our experts at ORF America, the first part of this Raisina@DC episode talks about cyber safety and the impact of geopolitical conflicts in the cyber world. Cyberspace transcends geographical boundaries, compelling nations to develop collective defense mechanisms. How can international partners collaborate to maintain safe and secure digital infrastructure? What are the core cybersecurity challenges faced by developing and developed economies post the covid-19 pandemic? Ca...…

1 Out of Africa: Leading on Trade and Economic Integration | Part 2| 28:45
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The second part of this Raisina Podcast on India-Africa trade relations continues with the preceding discourse on food security and mechanization of production. People-centric approach holds the key to leapfrog towards sustainable economic growth, claim experts. “If you combine India and Africa and look at the population that we contribute, under-development is going to cost us very highly as a world, as a globe. Therefore we can only invest in development first because if we put developmen...…
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1 Out of Africa: Leading on Trade and Economic Integration | Part 1| 32:27
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Africa has had a distinguished history in global trade right from discovering commercial trading routes in ancient times to establishing landmark trade agreements like AfCFTA. Sharing similar demographics and substantial history with Asia, it is interesting to analyze how the changing economic tides will impact bilateral commerce between these two parties. In the post-pandemic world, how can the two continents leverage their growing technologies to improve agricultural productivity and mecha...…
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1 Humans of the Indo-Pacific: Reclaiming Development | Part 2 | 40:40
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Continuing the conversation on development strategies in the Indo-Pacific, how can the international community leverage the growing young population in the global south? Digital connectivity and cybersecurity partnerships have played a disruptive role in accelerating sustainable development in countries like India. Will this continuing trend strengthen the cooperation between Asia-Pacific countries, particularly in the thriving startup ecosystem? “If you want to have an impact in a country l...…
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1 Humans of the Indo-Pacific: Reclaiming Development | Part 1 | 36:22
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Developing sustainable cities is the only way ahead to battle key challenges in the Indo-Pacific. With widespread unemployment, economic turmoil, climate crisis and myriad of other socio-economic disruptions plaguing the region, could regional partnerships hold the key to rebuild innovative public financing models? Is the Indo-Pacific in the market for a re-brand? How can the international and local parties involved re-imagine these partnerships in an increasingly divided global econom...…
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1 The Doctrine of Lapse: Lessons From the UN Era | Part 2 | 27:59
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Having addressed the criticism of past failings and yet acknowledging the indispensability of the institution, how can the UN in the foreseeable future maintain peace in the world order? “For 70 years The United Nations knew how to safeguard peace but not to broker peace. That's a big big difference and there is a misinterpretation. Not of the role but of the capabilities of the United Nations to be on the negotiating table of how to make peace between enemies.”, says Daniel Carmon, Former A...…
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1 The Doctrine of Lapse: Lessons From the UN Era | Part 1| 30:13
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This year the UN celebrated its 77th Anniversary amidst an unprecedented COVID 19 pandemic, the Afghanistan political crisis and the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war. In the first part of this two-part Raisina Dialogue episode, we analyse the significance and influence of institutions like the United Nations in a multipolar world which is facing multilateral challenges. With the ongoing crises, the UN has come under serious criticism for failing to demonstrate a positive image of its role. “T...…
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1 The First Responder: Women Leadership and the SDGs 47:46
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Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, women have made important gains in representation, especially in senior leadership. Women have been at the forefront of solutions for managing societal crisis. The question we aim to address in this episode is- how we can rethink of women leadership in ways to craft a just, more prosperous and fairer society. Women are making a sufficient percentage in parliaments around the world. “Women need space, women can no more be viewed by the type of husba...…
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1 Why Climate Finance Action? In Conversation with Bhupender Yadav 22:40
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Every year policymakers come together to discuss the future of this planet and make resolutions to reach their target for net-zero emissions but it’s much harder for developing nations to achieve their pledge without the commitment of climate finance from developed economies. How do you define climate finance and the significance of its adaptation to reach climate finance goals? At COP26 India highlighted that developing countries would need not billions but trillions of dollars to mit...…
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1 Democracy-Self-Reliance-Global Order || In conversation with S.Jaishankar at Raisina 2022 || 37:56
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The last 3 decades of globalisation have witnessed 3 big shocks- Covid, Afghanistan and recently Ukraine that have changed the balance in the current geopolitical scenario, with the West having “sharp friction” between Russia and China. India will play a crucial as well as decisive role in shaping the new world order, setting its realm of “operational metrics” to respond to and deal with such scenarios. India now positions its parameters on self-reliance “Atmanirbhaar” mindset not just in cap...…
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1 In Conversation with Nitin Gadkari at Raisina 2022 32:08
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Making Tesla cars in China and selling in India is not good for us: Nitin Gadkari to Elon Musk As the world grapples with the energy transition from fossil fuel to green energy India has chalked out a definite roadmap for this shift aligning with its commitments to COP 26. But with the impact of the current geopolitical constraints and challenges on energy security, can India accelerate this move? Speaker: Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, India Mod...…
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1 Chasing the Monsoon: Life@75 | RAISINA DIALOGUE 2022 45:34
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India has had remarkable economic transformational growth over the years. India has been shaping its own destiny and has evolved as a significant global actor. This panel seeks to discuss the dynamic evolution of India and its role in various issues, from responding to climate change and humanitarian crises to global peace and security, to technology and digital frontiers. India’s availability now has enhanced to impact and shape the world that we are living in. India is deeply thinking about...…
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1 In Conversation with Ursula Von Der Leyen, President, European Commission, Raisina Dialogue 2022 37:29
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How can the EU–India partnership help define the New World Order? Do EU initiatives like Global Gateway represent a strategy of complementary competition or a new way forward for infrastructure delivery? Can India and the EU forge a third way on technology in an era of intense confrontation? What’s next for Europe after Ukraine: Are we in a new cold war or is there an offramp to peace? What lessons has China learnt from Ukraine and what will be the EU position on Beijing going forward? With E...…
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The second part of this episode of Raisina@Berlin talks about the importance of protecting a free and open Indo-Pacific. Where is the big jump needed? The maritime domain in the Indo-Pacific region has the highest possibility of potential cooperation and partnership with the relevant partner in this area. How does the European Union see the QUAD? The European Union understands the importance of working with one of Asia's biggest democracies, India. The emerging EU India Indo-Pacific str...…
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The current instability of the geopolitical scenario, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has enhanced the EU's resolve to act in the Indo-Pacific. The first part of this episode of Raisina@Berlin talks about the various political and economic considerations that the EU has to wake up to, as the EU develops its strategic paper on Indo-pacific. The EU and the countries of Europe have begun to understand the implications of staying away from the new theatre of globalization, the Indo-Pacific. Th...…
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1 European Values: Crumbling Under Their Own Weight? 42:57
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks a turning point for the EU. As escalation mounts, Europe is sucked into its worst crisis since the Second World War, the world is watching its response. We look back at how the EU has been buffeted by multiple crises that have sharpened existing debates and disagreements between member-states. The Union was built on ‘shared values’ – but what if the disagreement is about those ‘values’ themselves? Is the ‘Gospel According to Monnet’ still valid o...…
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1 Future of Conflict: How Will Democracies Respond? 47:27
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created previously unthinkable changes in geopolitics, seemingly overnight. As the situation in Ukraine grows grimmer every day, we also look back at the changing world order. The emerging threat landscape requires immediate coordinated action across national boundaries and geographies. Democracies have to band together to assess the multiple threats posed by the future theaters of conflict—be it land, air, water, or more ominously, cyber. There has to b...…
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