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News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the inaugural session of the Raisina Dialogue 2026 in New Delhi with global leaders, policymakers and experts.
About Raisina Dialogue 2026
- Raisina Dialogue 2026 is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-economics that addresses major issues facing the international community.
- Organizers: The Dialogue is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
- 2026 edition: The Raisina Dialogue 2026 is the eleventh edition of the conference.
- Theme: The theme of the 2026 edition is “Saṁskāra – Assertion, Accommodation, Advancement.”
- Chief Guest: The President of Finland, Dr. Alexander Stubb, attended the inaugural session as the Chief Guest.
- Participation: Around 2700 participants from 110 countries will join the Dialogue in person, including ministers, former heads of state and government, members of parliament, military commanders, industry leaders, technology experts, academics, journalists, scholars and youth.
- Thematic Pillars for 2026: The dialogue was structured around six core 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
- Trade in the Time of Tariffs: Recovery, Resilience, Reinvention
- Significance: The Raisina Dialogue provides a global platform for leaders and experts to discuss major geopolitical and geo-economic challenges.
