The Lawfare Podcast: The Modi Government Turns One
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🗓️ 22 May 2015
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Last May, the Bharatiya Janata Party won the first majority government in India in 25 years, giving newly minted Prime Minister Narendra Modi a broad mandate to initiate much needed reforms in the country. The question is, how is Modi delivering on his promises to root out corruption, spur economic growth and job creation, and garner greater respect for India on the world stage?
This Wednesday, the India Project at Brookings hosted a roundtable of India experts to evaluate Modi's first year in office. They panel considers developments over the last year in India's economic, social, and foreign policy, including its treatment of minorities, its accent to the title of fastest growing economy in the world, and its revived engagement with its neighbors and world powers alike. They also take a turn towards the future. Has Modi set expectations so high he cannot help but disappoint? Or is India on the up-and-up, with what he calles "Acche Din" or "Good Days" on the way? And what does all this mean for the United States and how engages with both India and the rest of the Asia-Pacific?
The panel includes Tanvi Madan, Bruce Jones, Diane Farrell, Vikram Singh Mehta, and Milan Vaishnav.
It's the Lawfare Podcast, Episode #124: The Modi Government in India Turns One
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| 0:27.2 | and the aftermath. |
| 0:34.0 | In terms of regions of focus and I think you see this very clearly about where he himself |
| 0:38.1 | has spent his time and it's been the neighborhood primarily and firstly he started off even at |
| 0:43.9 | his swearing in ceremony making that quite clear by inviting all the regional neighbors |
| 0:48.7 | to come for his swearing in ceremony but secondly the Asia Pacific and I don't think he |
| 0:54.7 | sees this at least from what he said and done. |
| 0:57.1 | You don't see these as distinct. |
| 0:58.6 | You don't see South Asia and the Asia Pacific as or the Indian Ocean as separate entities. |
| 1:03.9 | He sees them as part of a broad continuum. |
| 1:06.5 | That's where he, his ministers have spent a lot of time and by Asia Pacific I include |
| 1:11.5 | the US for example and he's made very clear and we can talk about particular relationships |
| 1:16.5 | which I'm not drilling down on in my comments. |
| 1:19.3 | He's made quite clear that he sees the US very much part of Asia and Asia Pacific. |
| 1:25.1 | He says when I look east I see the western shores of the United States. |
| 1:28.5 | I'm Cody Poplin and this is the LawFair podcast May 23rd 2015. |
| 1:35.0 | That was Tundee Madan, director of the India Project here at Brookings weighing in on the |
| 1:39.3 | world as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi sees it. |
| 1:43.0 | This week Brookings hosted an event to assess the Modi government's first year in office, |
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