Lecture Abstract:

Following the last few years of lack lustre performance by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA II) government in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expected to achieve much with his clear majority in the Lower House (Lok Sabha). Have these expectations been borne out thus far, particularly in Foreign Policy? What are the challenges that he has to overcome?

While addressing these questions, the speaker will examine India’s relations with its immediate neighbourhood, relations with the US and the Modi government’s approach to Pakistan, China as well as the ASEAN countries. He will also look into future possibilities and likely agendas.

About the Speaker:

MAJ. GEN. DIPANKAR BANERJEE served in the Indian Army for 36 years before pursuing a full time career in strategic analysis and security. For the last two and a half decades he has held senior Directorial level positions at leading think tanks in India including the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses and Executive Director of the Regional Centre of Strategic Studies for South Asia located at Colombo. For another decade he headed the Institution of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), a leading independent, autonomous think tank in Delhi.

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Organised by IDSS South Asia Programme and RSIS Events Unit.