Many Friends, Few Responsibilities? India’s Sweetspot in Global Geopolitics

India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, is aware of his country’s strategic importance to US attempts at hedging China, and he is also deepening ties with Putin’s Russia. India simultaneously maintains close strategic relations with France, Germany, Japan, and Australia. With its strategy of “multi-alignment” in international affairs, India claims to be a leader of the Global South. The GIGA’s team of India experts, alongside Sharinee Jagtiani from the German Marshall Fund in Berlin and Germany’s ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann, debate the country’s geopolitical sweet spot – and the threats it faces.

Welcome and introduction: Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen is Lead Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies.

Speakers: Dr. Philipp Ackermann is Germany’s Ambassador to India.

Dr. Sharinee Jagtiani is Senior Officer at the German Marshall Fund in Berlin.

Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra is Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies.

Moderator: Dr. Johannes Plagemann is Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies.

We cordially invite you to a reception following the discussion.