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Summary: Raisina Chronicles celebrates a decade of the Raisina Dialogue. It brings together voices from across the world—of leaders and thinkers reflecting on the Raisina Dialogue’s impact on how we may navigate global challenges and create solutions that work. Putting India at the forefront of leading the change, the effect of these Dialogues is felt across policies and projections that the global family is working towards. S. Jaishankar and Samir Saran, the editors, who are also the curators of the Dialogue, emphasize that diversity, dissent, discord, and divergence of opinion make for the necessary ingredients for a sustainable future, shaped and owned by all. Ten years since its inception, the Raisina Dialogue has become the paramount platform for bringing together cultures, peoples and opinions. It is now India’s flagship geopolitical and geoeconomic conference, and has truly become a global public square—located in New Delhi, incubated by the world. In tandem with the curated discussions, Raisina Chronicles reflects on the Dialogue’s journey and brings to its readers a single volume containing thorough insights and unbridled optimism for finding common solutions to global challenges. As the world stands on the cusp of structural and historical change, the hope that is central to this work is for the voices of the people to be at the forefront of global politics and policymaking, resonating through power corridors, and finding their way to the masses. For leaders to implement change, society must come together to take that one step forward in the right direction.

Contents:


Inaugural Address: Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India 23
2nd Raisina Dialogue
Charting Green Frontiers: India and 32
Denmark as Strategic Allies
Mette Frederiksen
Stepping Outside the Bubble: India as an Ideas Arena 38
Tanja Fajon
Bonds Down Under: The Dynamic Tapestry 43
of the Australia-India Relationship
Penny Wong
Address: António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General 49
2nd Raisina Dialogue
India and Saudi Arabia: A Thriving Partnership 51
Towards a Promising Future
Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud

African Union at the G20 High Table: Implications for the Future of 56
Economic Governance
Kwame Owino and Jackline Kagume
Inaugural Address: Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel 62
3rd Raisina Dialogue
The Japan-India Vision: Looking Back, Looking Ahead 68
Tadashi Maeda
Strengthening the UK-India Relationship: Navigating Global 75
Challenges through Collaboration and Partnership
Antony David Radakin
Inaugural Address: Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway 81
4th Raisina Dialogue
Why Women Must Lead Development Banks 87
Nitya Mohan Khemka
Gender Equality and the Politics of Care: Why it Matters for the G20 94
and the World
Camila dos Santos

Inaugural Address: Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India 6th Raisina Dialogue

101

Global Security Nexus: Unraveling Raisina’s Impact
John C. Aquilino

105

The India-Australia Defence and Security Partnership in 2024 and Beyond
Angus John Campbell and Greg Moriarty

110

Forging Strategic Alliances: Japan, India, and the Indo-Pacific
Kōji Yamazaki

118

Inaugural Address: Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda 6th Raisina Dialogue

121

Peripheral Vision: The European Union’s Blind Spots in the Global South
Rosa Balfour and Zakaria Al Shmaly

123

From the South, for the World: India’s Digital Public Infrastructure
Anirban Sarma

130

A Secure, Inclusive, and Sustainable Globalisation: The Bharat Way
Amrita Narlikar

138

Inaugural Address: Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark 6th Raisina Dialogue

145

Navigating Fissures in an Evolving Global Landscape
Carl Bildt

149

Through ‘Maitri’ and ‘Mateship’
Scott Morrison

154

Connecting Worlds: India’s Role as a ‘Bridge-Builder’
Marcelo Ebrard

161

Keynote Address: Charles Michel, President of the Europe Council 6th Raisina Dialogue

166

Old Discord and the Abraham Accords: Which Shall Prevail?
Mohammed Soliman

169

Inaugural Address: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
7th Raisina Dialogue

174

The Raisina Dialogue: A Metaphor for India
David Petraeus

180

Inaugural Address: Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy 8th Raisina Dialogue

183

India Takes Its Rightful Place in an Evolving Global Order