A pleasure hosting a @chathamhouse.org roundtable discussing #India's macroeconomic outlook and the dos/ don'ts of business in India with Veena Venugopal (India Business Editor at the @financialtimes.com) and Cyril Shroff (Managing Partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas). @chasiapacific.bsky.social

An honour and pleasure hosting Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri at @chathamhouse.org for a wide-ranging discussion on #India’s relations with the US, China, Russia, the UK, EU, and the country’s broader foreign policy aspirations in Asia, the Global South and in the changing global order:

A pleasure joining a panel discussing developments in #Bangladesh in the UK Parliament (my second time presenting in parliament in one month!). My remarks covered the country’s evolving political environment, the #Rohingya issue and #India-Bangladesh relations:

A pleasure speaking at the inaugural ‘India Dialogue’ in Rome co-organised by the Istituto Affari Internazionali think-tank and Indian embassy in Italy. The wideranging discussion covered the opportunities and challenges facing the #India-#Europe relationship ( #IMEC, #Russia, #China, #NATO):

A pleasure giving a briefing in the UK Parliament on our recently published research paper on the #China-#India relationship. A special thanks to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the British Group of the Interparliamentary Union for hosting us:

@chathamhouse.org hosted Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adivsor of #Bangladesh. The wideranging discussion covered the country’s politics, economy and foreign policy. In a private conversation with Professor Yunus, @chasiapacific.bsky.social discussed Dhaka’s position on broader geopolitical developments

A week after meeting an all-party parliamentary delegation from #India, @chathamhouse.org hosted a senior delegation from #Pakistan (led by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari) to discuss recent (and ongoing) India-Pakistan tensions:

A pleasure speaking at #Exporttag2025 in Vienna, #Austria on the opportunities and challenges facing the #Indian economy and how European companies can navigate the country’s dynamic (but sometimes difficult) business environment:

A pleasure to chair a panel on #India’s democratic credentials as a source of soft power at the Bridge India conference last week with Dr SY Quraishi (former Chief Election Commissioner), Pradyot Manikya (founder, TIPRA Motha party) and Vinesh Chandel (director, Indian Political Action Committee):

A pleasure having dinner with the #ASEAN ambassadors last week. While it is far from perfect, in a world where unity among likeminded countries is breaking down, it was refreshing to see the camaraderie of #SoutheastAsia. If only other regions (including #SouthAsia) could follow in their footsteps

A pleasure to join on a panel discussion on how states are responding to a changing global order, focussing on #India. This builds on my chapter in a recently published @chathamhouse.org report on the same subject: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/03/comp...

An honour and pleasure to speak at a conference on ‘India and Visions of World Order’ at Cambridge University with India’s leading foreign policy scholars. I had the opportunity to present on a panel on the #China-#India relationship with the great C. Raja Mohan, Tanvi Madan, and Sonia Singh:

Indians see China as their greatest military threat. In contrast, there is an ambivalence towards India in China with India seen as irrelevant to Beijing’s worldview. For more on the #China-#India relationship, see my recently published @chathamhouse.org research paper and join our event on 8 May:

Perceptual asymmetry in the China-India relationship is reflected in both countries’ diplomatic services. Of the last 14 Indian foreign secretaries, 5 have served as ambassador to China. In contrast, holding a position in India is not a prerequisite for promotion to foreign minister in China:

China and India have similar positions on global governance. However, there is little evidence of coordination or cooperation as they pursue their efforts in parallel rather than in collaboration. For more on the #China-#India relationship see my @chathamhouse.org paper and join our event on 8 May

A pleasure attending the
#Raisina Dialogue in #India and speak at the #Boao Forum for Asia in #China. When China and India are talking about upholding the “Rules-based international order” while the US shuns the very order it helped to establish, you know that we are living in a #NewWorldOrder!

An honour and a pleasure to host #India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar at @chathamhouse.bsky.social. Our wide-ranging discussion covered India’s relations with the UK, US and China, and New Delhi’s view on the state of the world, global flashpoints and developments in South Asia: