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India: A Global Actor in the Geopolitical Arena

May 11, 2021
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International Relations
Geopolitics

This panel is part of a series of important public diplomacy events in celebration of the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence. It aims to explore a series of vital questions including India’s role on the world stage, the country as an actor in the Indo-Pacific Theatre, its relationship with Africa, the USA & China, and initiatives at vaccine diplomacy and experience in weathering the COVID-19 pandemic. More info : https://www.policycenter.ma/events/conferences/india-global-actor-geopolitical-arena-0#.YJEzFan7SdY

Speakers
Len Ishmael
Senior Fellow
Ambassador, Dr. Len Ishmael is a Senior Fellow of the Policy Center for the New South and a Senior Fellow and Distinguished Visiting Scholar of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. She is the Global Affairs Advisor of the Brussels Diplomatic Academy and visiting Professor of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Mohammed 6 University, Morocco. Dr. Ishmael is a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on COVID-19’s Regional Task Force for Latin America. She is the former Ambassador of the Eastern Caribbean States to the Kingdom of Belgium and European Union, and past President of the 79-member African, Caribbean & Pacific (ACP) Committee of Ambassadors in Brussels. She is a former Director & Head of the Regional Headquarters of the United Nations Economic ...
Santosh Jha
Ambassador of India to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU
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