.@teddyboylocsin: The future will be determined by the dynamics of the Indo-Pacific. The Indo-Pacific is undoubtedly the arena for the contemporary version of the Great Game, where multiple players with diverse ambitions display their strategic skills. #Raisina2021
.@teddyboylocsin: Southeast Asian nations remain skeptical of Great Power schemes that seek to drag in ASEAN nations to larger quarrels and far bigger ambitions that Southeast Asia as a region of peace do not share. #Raisina2021
.@teddyboylocsin: ASEAN is currently facing the challenge of moral irrelevance, if it fails to resolve the crisis in Myanmar. #Raisina2021
.@teddyboylocsin: India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans’ Initiative complements the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific and therefore it is welcomed. #Raisina2021
.@teddyboylocsin: While the value of the Quad is recognised, what is critical is the Quad’s support for ASEAN centrality and ensure that neither ASEAN nor any of the ASEAN countries will be deemed to be part of the Quad unless they have concurred to its decisions. #Raisina2021
.@teddyboylocsin: The geographic spread of the Indo-Pacific requires multilateral groupings that are adoptable and flexible. #Raisina2021
.@teddyboylocsin: Multilateralism is eventually dependent on the extent of consensus of major powers, it cannot flourish without the contribution of all powers, big and small. #Raisina2021
.@NagmaSahar: The pandemic struck at the roots of global order which many believe was already falling. Pre-pandemic global trends seemed redundant. #Raisina2021
.@NagmaSahar: The withering of the pre-pandemic global order is epitomised by the failure of the WHO to play a global leadership role during the pandemic. Other than the WHO, the UN and organisations like the WTO are also struggling for contemporary relevance. #Raisina2021
We are LIVE tweeting the discussion – “Waters of Growth: Towards an Arabian Sea Community” with @AakankshaT, @AUThackeray, @IEAKwame, Harsh V. Pant and Majed Al Ansari
Harsh V. Pant: It is often forgotten that in India’s conception of the Indo-Pacific, the Arabian sea is the critical anchor. #Raisina2021
Majed Al Ansari: Since 2010, the US in the Arabian Sea & Middle East have started pulling out of major conflicts in the region. This means that local powers and regional powers must play a different role which is expected of them. #Raisina2021
We are LIVE tweeting the discussion – “Chained Globalisation: Unshackling Lifelines, Unclogging Supply Chains” with @ManishTewari, @MConleytyler, @NaghmaSahar, @SoerenGade,Cho Choongjae and I-Chung Lai
.@NaghmaSahar: The global pandemic has undermined the convictions, certainties, and certitudes that have driven two decades of globalisation. It disrupted the supply chains and compelled countries to turn inwards and focus on self-reliance. #Raisina2021
.@NaghmaSahar: The pandemic has compelled the states and organisations to acknowledge that their global values chains and economic co-dependence had embedded social and political consequences. #Raisina2021
.@JUNAIDWBG: With technological change always happening, workers are seeking to upgrade their skills and a safety net must also be vest in their ability to build up their human capital.
.@JUNAIDWBG: During Covid-19, India discovered lot of fault lines inside its own social safety net. It recognised that perhaps Urban India, migrants and the informal sector had not been fully covered in the safety net. #Raisina2021
.@abdulla_shahid: Maldives is also one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Hence, we are aiming to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels for energy generation and we have decided to lead by example. We aim to achieve net zero emissions by 2030. #Raisina2021
.@abdulla_shahid: Maldives is continuously looking at ways to transition to lower emissions and cleaner methods of energy generation. Our recovery plans formulated in the aftermath of covid-19 pandemic adapts an energy policy that emphasises solar power for energy generation.
.@hmohib: The new Biden plan to withdraw by Sept 2020 is a great opportunity for the Afghans to take control of the security situation in the country. Afghanistan does not need US combat troops on the group, it needs support for its armed forces #Raisina2021
.@hmohib: Its time for the Taliban to make peace with the Afghan govt. and become part of the mainstream Afghan society #Raisina2020