Sreeram Chaulia

Sreeram Chaulia
Discussion with Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Themes covered include the economic and non-economic factors behind the escalatory trade tariffs imposed by the Donald Trump administration on India, the impact of American tariffs on USA-India commercial ties and on the Indian economy, alternative markets and prospects of India’s further diversification of trading partners, the effect of differential American tariffs on India vis-a-vis its trade competitors in Asia, and new strategies that India might adopt to remain competitive and rise consistently as a major industrial and trading power in the world.
Episode 140 of Dr. Sreeram Chaulia's 'Indian Diplomacy'
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Group discussion with 28 college and university students from across India on the evolution of national security threats and India’s responses to them. Topics covered include deepening of the China-Pakistan axis, more extreme forms of terrrorism and new doctrines to counter it, military balance and capabilities for national defence and power projection, technological developments and their impact on national security, integration of national security and foreign policy, threats to economic security and strategies to deal with them, and the role of young Indians in protecting the unity and integrity of the country from a variety of external and internal challenges.
Episode 139 of Dr. Sreeram Chaulia's 'Indian Diplomacy'
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Discussion with Distinguished Fellow at Gateway House, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, on the remarkable turnaround in Maldives-India relations and the factors driving the positive turn in ties. Themes covered include the strategic salience of the Maldives to India, the difference between Chinese and Indian models of financial assistance to the Maldives, threats to the Maldives and the value of Indian security cooperation, the potential to expand people-to-people linkages between India and the Maldives, and the prospects of forging a broader regional architecture in South Asia and the Indian Ocean by bringing small island countries together with India.
Episode 138 of Dr. Sreeram Chaulia's 'Indian Diplomacy'
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Discussion with the anthropologist and Distinguished Fellow at the India Foundation, Dr. Rami Niranjan Desai, on the multi-pronged conflicts and instability in Myanmar and their regional and global ramifications. Topics covered include the persistence of military rule and revolts against it, the causes of ethnic separatism and identity politics, the failure of democratization and elections, the different roles and calculations of the United States, Europe, China and India, and the prospects for sustaining a stable and unified Myanmar in the future.
Episode 137 of Dr. Sreeram Chaulia's 'Indian Diplomacy'
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Discussion with the founder of the BRICS Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dr. Mihaela Papa, on the changes underway in BRICS and its future evolution. Topics covered include whether BRICS is becoming more radical and anti-Western, how the arrival of five new member states is altering the agenda of BRICS, the role and purpose of ten partner countries of BRICS, the attempts by BRICS to represent and take leadership of the entire Global South, and potential new domains and issue areas in which BRICS could be making interventions and innovations in time to come.
Episode 136 of Dr. Sreeram Chaulia's 'Indian Diplomacy'
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Group discussion with twenty journalists from Bhutan and Nepal being hosted by India’s Ministry of External Affairs. Topics covered include the relevance of cultural and civilisational oneness for contemporary ties among Bhutan, Nepal and India, people-to-people closeness and interactions of the three neighbours, enhancing bilateral and trilateral trade, investment and development assistance flows, developing cross-border educational, scientific and sports linkages, jointly mitigating the effects of climate change, and combating fake news and disinformation about policies and developments in each other’s countries.
Episode 135 of Dr. Sreeram Chaulia's 'Indian Diplomacy'
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Discussion with West Asia/Middle East scholar Dr. Manjari Singh on intensifying conflict and instability in that region. Topics covered include the underlying reasons why West Asia/Middle East is full of enmities, rivalries and confrontations, the core clash between Israel and Iran, the balancing acts of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the radical hands of Turkey and Qatar, the shifting calculations and interests of the USA, Russia and China, and the stakes for India as the regional order is being remade through war and violence.
Episode 134 of Dr. Sreeram Chaulia's 'Indian Diplomacy'
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EXCLUSIVE conversation with External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the main accomplishments and challenges of Indian foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership since 2014. Topics covered include the style of leadership and personal involvement of PM Modi in India’s diplomacy; the hardening of India’s strategic culture to deal with national security threats; the Modi government’s strategy to deal with political volatility and regime changes in neighbouring countries; the Modi government’s approach to major shifts in the behaviours of the two great powers, China and the USA; the Modi government’s prioritisation of economic diplomacy, technological diplomacy and diaspora diplomacy; the Modi government’s focus on rescuing and evacuating Indians caught up in wars and crises abroad; the reforms and shifts in the administration and management of the Ministry of External Affairs; and the increasing relevance of foreign policy to ordinary Indians in an interconnected world.
Episode 133 of Dr. Sreeram Chaulia's 'Indian Diplomacy'
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Group discussion with 47 journalists from 23 countries of North Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa, being hosted by India’s Ministry of External Affairs. Themes covered include impressions and observations about India by the visitors, transformation of India’s physical and digital infrastructure and how this can benefit fellow developing nations, coverage of India in news media of various countries and how this can be improved through cooperation between Indian and foreign content producers, advances made by India in sectors of science and technology and sharing this knowledge with Global South countries, how India can be a reliable partner in the global efforts to combat climate change, lessons from India’s successful management of ethnic diversity and its robust democracy, and how India is contributing to peace, security, counterterrorism and defence preparedness of partner nations.
Episode 132 of Dr. Sreeram Chaulia's Indian Diplomacy
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