| Event Title: | Seminar |
| Topic: | Modi's World: The New Pragmatism in India's Foreign Policy |
| Date/Time: | 20 November 2014 | 00:00 - 12:38 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Prof C. Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor, ISAS, NUS |
| Description: | Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has had little experience in foreign policy before he took charge, has surprised India and the world with an intense focus on diplomacy. In engaging the neighbours as well as major powers, Modi has brought a new vigour and pragmatism. Although Modi has not departed from the fundamentals of the foreign policy he has inherited from Dr. Manmohan Singh, he has discarded many of the inhibitions that constrained India's foreign policy in the UPA years. Major tests, however, await Modi as he explores new ways to manage the complex relations with Pakistan and China. |