RAISINA SECURITY DIALOGUE

Before the Raisina Dialogue and in the shadows of the G-20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, India secretly hosted the second Raisina Security Dialogue, a gathering of top intelligence and security professionals from over 26 nations.

The meeting was first convened in April 2022, the day before the Raisina Dialogue began. The National Security Advisor and the Prime Minister of India spoke about it.

About

The Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), the National External Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), which is under Mr. Doval's direction, are in charge of organising the security conference.
A day before the opening of Raisina Dialogue, India's premier conference on "geopolitics and geo-strategy" the conference was held for the first time in April 2022. It was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) in cooperation with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
This year's seventh edition took place from March 2–4.
The conference takes place a year after the conflict in Ukraine, which is continuing and has the world's focus; however, India has been bringing up other global issues, such as Afghanistan.
An object of the Meeting: It is modelled after the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore and the Munich Security Conference.
The Raisina Dialogue and the G20 Foreign Ministers' conference both took place at the same time. In 2023, India will preside over the G20 and the SCO simultaneously.
The U.S. was not present, but intelligence chiefs from Bahrain, the U.K., France, and Japan were.

Importance

India is making an effort to stand out by bringing together international intelligence agencies for discussions on topics of interest.
The conversations mostly centred on international security, which included issues like counterterrorism, radicalization, drug trafficking, and smuggling of illegal weapons, among others.
It was a wide-ranging discussion that demonstrates the confidence the world has in India.

Regarding the Raisina Discussion

The Raisina Dialogue is India's premier forum on geopolitics and geoeconomics, devoted to tackling the most difficult problems confronting the world community.
In 2016, the first meeting was place.
It is structured similarly to the Munich Security Conference and the Shangri La Dialogue, which are held yearly in Singapore (the 59th edition of which took place in February 2023).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) and the Observer Research Foundation jointly host it (ORF).

Hills of Raisina

The discourse takes its name from the Raisina Hills, which is where India's capital is located.
The Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), and other significant government buildings are located in this region of Delhi.

Research Foundation for Observers

It is an independent think tank that supports voices from various backgrounds, regions, and genders, as well as those that support and challenge prevailing narratives.
It aims to guide and support policy thinking towards creating a powerful and affluent India in a just and equitable global environment.
It conveys Indian perspectives to platforms that shape international discussions.

It offers nonpartisan, impartial, independent, well-researched assessments and contributions to a variety of decision-makers in international governments, corporate communities, academic institutions, and civil society.

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