10th Raisina Dialogue 2025

10th Raisina Dialogue 2025

Date & Place: March 17–19, 2025, New Delhi

Inaugurated by: PM Narendra Modi

Chief Guest (Keynote Speaker): PM of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon

Theme: “Kālachakra – People, Peace and Planet”Significance:

  1. India’s Global Geopolitical Role: Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier platform to showcase its strategic thinking and foreign policy vision.
  2. Multi-stakeholder Participation: Includes Ministers, former Heads of State, military commanders, industry captains, tech leaders, scholars, and youth from ~125 countries.
  3. Key Focus Areas (Thematic Pillars):
    • Politics Interrupted: Shifting Sands and Rising Tides
    • Resolving the Green Trilemma: Who, Where, and How
    • Digital Planet: Agents, Agencies and Absences
    • Other discussions across geopolitics, geoeconomics, and sustainability
  4. Strategic Value for UPSC:
    • Shows India’s engagement with global issues like climate, digital governance, and international cooperation.
    • Highlights India’s diplomacy and networking with nations across continents.
    • Useful for GS Paper II (International Relations) and current affairs.

Participants: ~3500 in-person attendees; millions following online.

UPSC Angle:

  • India’s soft power and leadership in global strategic dialogues.
  • Opportunities for India to influence global norms on peace, sustainability, and digital governance.
  • Reflection of India’s foreign policy priorities under PM Modi’s leadership.

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