Great Decisions: India

Between China, the West, and the Global South

Discuss the most critical global issues facing America today. Moderated by retired foreign service officer Jared Banks.

This month, explore how India is emerging as a major power in world affairs. Discuss India’s choices and opportunities for regional and global leadership, its strategies for maneuvering between China and the U.S., its role as a voice of the Global South, and the existing opportunities for Washington to work with India.

Jared Banks retired from the Department of State's Foreign Service in 2023 after more than 20 years of public service. His career included overseas assignments to the U.S. embassies in Afghanistan, Brazil, Poland, and the United Kingdom, and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. While in Washington, DC, he worked on foreign policy matters related to strategic competition, international organizations, science and technology, climate and energy transition, and human rights.

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