New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 11th edition of the Raisina Dialogue 2026 in New Delhi on Thursday, marking the start of India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-economics.
The three-day event, scheduled from March 5 to 7, will bring together global leaders, policymakers, and experts to deliberate on key international challenges. The President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, will attend the inaugural session as the chief guest and deliver the keynote address.
Organized with participation from governments, think tanks, and strategic communities worldwide, the dialogue will include representatives from 110 countries, including ministers, former heads of state and government, members of parliament, military commanders, business leaders, technology experts, academics, journalists, and scholars.
The theme for this year’s edition is “Samskara — Assertion, Accommodation, Advancement.”
Over three days, discussions will be held across six thematic pillars: Contested Frontiers: Power, Polarity, and Periphery; Repairing the Commons: New Groups, New Guardians, New Avenues; White Whale: The Pursuit of Agenda 2030; The Eleventh Hour: Climate, Conflict, and the Cost of Delay; Tomorrowland: Towards a Tech-topia; and Trade in the Time of Tariffs: Recovery, Resilience, Reinvention.
Around 2,700 participants are expected to attend the dialogue in person, while the proceedings will be streamed globally and viewed by millions on digital platforms.
Organized by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in partnership with India’s Ministry of External Affairs, the conference will examine how technological disruption, strategic competition, and economic security are reshaping global politics.
Among the dignitaries who have arrived for the dialogue are Malta’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism Ian Borg; Bhutan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Lyonpo D. N. Dhungyel; Mauritius’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Dhananjay Ramful; and Seychelles’ Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Barry Faure.
Another dignitary expected to attend, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, is Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath.
This year’s discussions center on the tension between traditional alliances and what analysts describe as a “technopolar” world, where influence is increasingly determined by control over artificial intelligence, semiconductor supply chains, and digital infrastructure.
The dialogue will conclude with discussions on India’s long-term development roadmap, including the vision of “Viksit Bharat 2047,” which aims to transform the country into a developed economy by the centenary of its independence.
Now in its eleventh edition, the Raisina Dialogue has become one of the world’s leading strategic forums, often compared with the Munich Security Conference for its role in shaping global policy debates. (ANI)
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