Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's landslide victory in the general elections six months ago provides the potential for a bold foreign policy towards the South Asian region and beyond. Modi has since travelled to several countries including Bhutan, Nepal, Brazil, Japan, the US, Myanmar and Australia.
In the US and Australia he has received a huge reception from overseas Indian communities. The President of China and the Prime Minister of Australia have visited India. What are Prime Minister Modi's foreign policy priorities and objectives? How will he seek to ensure regional stability and security? How best can he maximise India's policy options in its extended neighbourhood in the Gulf and the Indo-Pacific? What are the challenges and opportunities for relations with the P-5 countries?
Mobasher Jawed Akbar, more popularly known as M J Akbar, the National Spokesperson of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a discussion and debate on the Indian PM's foreign policy, challenges and opportunities on Friday 28th November. He is also a leading Indian journalist, political commentator and author. He has been a Member of Parliament from the Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.
He is the founder and former editor-in-chief and managing director of The Asian Age, India's first global newspaper, with editions in Delhi, Bombay, and London.
This RSVP only meeting will be chaired by Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South Asia, IISS and will at Arundel House. For more detail see: www.iiss.org
