21 min

India’s defence and security relationships Voices

    • News Commentary

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s anticipated visit to London this year will be the first such visit to the UK in 20 years.

We speak to Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, who leads the IISS’ South Asia research programme. His expertise is India’s neighbourhood foreign and security policies; Pakistan, Afghanistan and regional security; counter-extremism and terrorism; regional nuclear matters; and the Indian Ocean. He says the bilateral side of the UK-India defence relationship has been underperforming. He also sees green shoots for the opening up of trade between India and Pakistan.

Hosted by former diplomat, entrepreneur and civil society player Mark Runacres.


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Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s anticipated visit to London this year will be the first such visit to the UK in 20 years.

We speak to Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, who leads the IISS’ South Asia research programme. His expertise is India’s neighbourhood foreign and security policies; Pakistan, Afghanistan and regional security; counter-extremism and terrorism; regional nuclear matters; and the Indian Ocean. He says the bilateral side of the UK-India defence relationship has been underperforming. He also sees green shoots for the opening up of trade between India and Pakistan.

Hosted by former diplomat, entrepreneur and civil society player Mark Runacres.


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bridge-india/message

21 min