Raisina Dialogue a ‘crossroads’ for international discourse on battle, commerce and safety: Misri

Calling the
Raisina Dialogue a “crossroads” for open and multi-dimensional discussions, Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri mentioned on Monday that the discussion board has, over time, influenced international discourse on points starting from regional conflicts to environmental crises.

Talking at a session-themed “Kalchakra” (wheel of time), Misri described a world the place financial nationalism and globalisation coexist in a continuing push and pull.

He additionally invoked the metaphor of the “arc of historical past” to emphasize his level.

”As a result of, we frequently discuss of the arc of historical past bending on this route and that…and due to this fact, it was significantly instructive to see this talked about lately, which is that the arc of historical past that bends in a ceratin route, may also snap again with out warning,” Misri mentioned.

”And, that is the purpose the place we keep in mind ’kalchakra’, and due to this fact, maybe, one factor that I would depart all of you with…what we maybe must shed the vanity of certainty, as we meet to debate the state of our individuals, state of our planet, and prospects of peace on this one world that we inhabit,” he mentioned.

The overseas secretary mentioned the Raisina Dialogue’s first version began in 2016 and now in its tenth version, the dimensions of the occasion and its members each have grown.

Within the Raisina Dialogue 2025, there are 125 periods deliberate over the three days from March 17-19, and from 35 international locations in inaugural version, this time 131 international locations are being represented on the conclave.

”Over time, the content material and high quality on the Raisina Dialogue haven’t solely stored tempo with the worldwide churn, they’ve additionally within the course of formed the evolving discourse on the important thing problems with our occasions,” Misri mentioned.

Be it regional conflicts, socio-cultural realignments, commerce and expertise disruptions, provide chain resilience, or environmental crises, sustainability and development and growth, the overseas secretary mentioned.

Since, worldwide order, particularly one the place ”guidelines are more and more being challenged”, is usually ”likened to a jungle”, the significance of watering holes equivalent to this, is one thing that may not be misplaced on the viewers right here, he added.

”Raisina (Dialogue) due to this fact gives an apt, international public sq.…and a crossroads, if you’ll, without spending a dime flowing multi-dimensional discussions whereas bringing a wide ranging variety of opinions to the desk,” he mentioned.

”And, the menu on the desk this yr is a full one, if not already overflowing, a world wherein the push and pull of the forces of financial nationalism and globalisation co-exist, the place there’s rising scepticism in direction of multilateral establishments.

”…And an growing choice for extra transactional approaches, the place techno-optimism appears to be rising in salience by the day, the place strategic lenses are shifting, the place budgets are being rejigged and postures are being revaluated each day. All of this, it appears, will supply wealthy pickings for the deliberations at Raisina this yr,” he mentioned.

Naturally, on an event like this, Misri mentioned, he was tempted to invoke the weighty vocabulary of turning factors, and the crossroads of historical past having been arrived at, ”however I’ll depart all of that to the wiser minds within the room”.

Quickly after his tackle, a panel dialogue — ’Compete and Cooperate: Securing the Future’ was held.

Taking part within the panel dialogue, Jonathan Powell, Nationwide Safety Adviser, United Kingdom, mentioned, ”geopolitics is again with a vengeance, and we now have to take care of on a regular basis.” ”In Europe, actually, we now have an issue of invasion of certainly one of international locations by one other nation which we now have been making an attempt to wrestle with…in three years. We now have a possibility with (US) President (Donald) Trump proposing a peace course of, the primary particular person, who has been in a position to make this occur. We’ve the Ukrainian authorities which is prepared to enter instantly, a ceasefire, with no situation. And, now we’re ready to see if Russia will be part of as properly,” the British NSA mentioned.

Powell mentioned there’s a glimmer of hope.

”…And President Trump is making efforts in making an attempt to make peace in Ukraine, and Ukrainian individuals actually need the warfare to finish, so long as it may be ended on the idea of justice and lasting peace that they will stay with. So, geopolitics is again, it doesn’t imply there is no such thing as a hope in these instances,” he added.

On international connectivity initiatives, he mentioned geoeconomics is instrumentally linked to geopolitics. Financial points may cause a battle or they will result in success, he mentioned.

”I discover that in a podcast interview, Prime Minister Modi talks about optimism in relationship with China… now that can partly be primarily based on economics in what India and China can do collectively, however it should additionally rely upon politics. So, when you can flip the economics, when you can flip these hyperlinks into one thing constructive, you may change by geopolitics on the similar time,” Powell mentioned.

With inputs from PTI