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Indian Diplomacy: Beyond Strategic Autonomy

Thu. September 20th, 2018
Washington, DC

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As India bids to become a leading global power, its foreign policy is more complex than ever, carrying consequences far beyond the region. In a new book, Indian Diplomacy: Beyond Strategic Autonomy, former Indian ambassador Rajendra M. Abhyankar examines what drives and shapes India’s foreign policy. Drawing on thirty-seven years of experience in the Indian Foreign Service, he charts the major shifts in Indian foreign policy in the seventy years since India gained independence. Teresita Schaffer and Aparna Pande will join Abhyankar in conversation, and Carnegie’s Ashley J. Tellis will moderate. A reception will follow.

Rajendra M. Abhyankar

Rajendra M. Abhyankar is a professor of practice of diplomatic and public affairs at Indiana University. After a thirty-seven year career in the Indian Foreign Service, he retired as Indian ambassador to the European Union, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

Aparna Pande

Aparna Pande is a research fellow and director of Hudson Institute’s Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia as well as a fellow in the Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World.

Teresita Schaffer

Teresita Schaffer is a senior adviser with McLarty Associates, specializing in matters in India and South Asia. Schaffer served as U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka during her thirty year career in the U.S. Foreign Service.

Ashley J. Tellis

Ashley J. Tellis holds the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Carnegie India does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie India, its staff, or its trustees.
event speakers

Ashley J. Tellis

Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs

Ashley J. Tellis is the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Rajendra M. Abhyankar

Aparna Pande

Aparna Pande is director of the Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia at the Hudson Institute, Washington D.C. Her major field of interest is South Asia with a special focus on India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, foreign and security policy.

Teresita Schaffer