Dr. Raji Rajagopalan – Military Diplomacy By India

In this session Dr. Rajeswari Rajagopalan focuses on India’s strategy on military diplomacy. She underlines that India’s military diplomacy can act as a significant catalyst in strengthening ties with friendly countries. Moreover, she discusses how military diplomacy can build transparency and trust with less friendly states. She ends with some predictions for the future on how India’s strategy on military diplomacy may evolve. This session is hosted by Hester Postma, project officer on Military Diplomacy.

About the expert: Dr. Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan is the Director of the Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology (CSST), at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, one of India’s leading think tanks. Dr Rajagopalan was the Technical Advisor to the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Prevention of Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS) (July 2018-July 2019). She was also a Non-Resident Indo-Pacific Fellow at the Perth USAsia Centre from April-December 2020. As a senior Asia defence writer for The Diplomat, she writes a weekly column on Asian strategic issues.