"India and Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific in the new Era"

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An increasing reality today is that the World Order shaped after the Second World War and the Cold War is undergoing a major shift, indeed according to some a ‘transformation’. China’s rapid rise and “America First” policy under Donald Trump are possibly indicators of major future changes. Among others is the emergence of India with its sustained high economic growth and strategic role both globally and particularly in the Indo-Pacific. The defining recent event was the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore in June this year. This reflected both the continuing importance of the region as well as highlighted the new hot spots in the Indo-Pacific. This newly defined geo-strategic region rightly defines a major area of confrontation, challenging nations to find suitable policy response.

The second seminar of the Forum for Strategic Initiative (FSI), the India office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and The Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) will be about nuclear and strategic challenges in the Indo-Pacific among other topics.