How has #PMModi brought clarity to the foreign policy of India? What is Hindutva actually doing and why has it scared all the opposition? What is really going on with Russia and Ukraine, and what is the real role of India?
Abhijit Aiyer Mitra talks to Ananya Awasthi on the NIJ Podcast and answers all the above and much more with all his knowledge and erudition.
About the Speaker:
Researcher and a leading expert on India’s Foreign Policy, Internal Security & Defence. Trained as a defence economist- he is a senior fellow at the Institute for Conflict and Peace studies.
Visiting Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Stimson Center, Washington, DC
Abhijit Iyer-Mitra’s research focuses on defence issues, specialising in defence economics.
Chapters:
00:00 - 00:57 - Promo
00:58 - 02:00 - Introduction
02:00 - 04:23 - Being a Citizen reporter
04:23 - 06:27 - Fact checking is fake
06:27 - 15:26 - India and Ukraine
15:26 - 19:10 - PM Modi’s stand on Ukraine
19:10 - 21:20 - Nehru’s mishandling of foreign policy
21:20 - 25:01 - PM Modi’s handling of Ukraine
25:01 - 26:01 - Operation Ganga
26:01 - 29:46 - PM Modi’s personalisation of Foreign policy
29:46 - 34:22 - India and Middle east under PM Modi
34:22 - 37:00 - Professional management of Foreign Policy under PM Modi
37:00 - 38:38 - The credit goes to PM Modi
38:38 - 42:33 - India’s growing stature
42:33 - 44:57 - Maldives and foreign policy
44:57 - 49:55 - India - Pak relationship under PM Modi
49:55 - 51:19 - PM Modi: A progressive policy maker
51:19 - 01:00:32 - CAA
01:00:32 - 01:04:51 - PM Modi’s track record on weapon indigenisation
01:04:51 - 01:08:00 - Congress model: Feudal and casteist
01:08:00 - 01:14:19 - Hindutva and what it means
01:14:19 - 01:19:11 - Civilisational resurgence in India
01:19:11 - 01:20:11 - Reviewing NIJ Podcast
01:20:11 - 01:23:09 - A little bit of exclusive Gossip
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