Episode #95: India's Role in the World
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2014
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
This week, Ambassador Shivshankar Menon, India's former national security advisor and former Foreign Secretary, gave a keynote address this week at Brookings entitled, “India’s Role in the World.” In his address, Ambassador Menon discusses the new optimism in U.S.-India bi-lateral relations on the heels of newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit. Ambassador Menon also delves into India’s relations with Pakistan and other countries in the region, its evolving outlook on China, and how India and the United States can forge new ties on counterterrorism and defense cooperation.
Strobe Talbott, president of The Brookings Institution, introduced Ambassador Menon and moderated the discussion.
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| 1:27.0 | That was Ambassador Chief Shanker Menon you just heard. |
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| 1:40.0 | Ambassador Menon gave a keynote address this week at the Brookings Institution, |
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