Earlier this month, SIPRI participated in the Raisina Dialogue 2026, a major international conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics held in New Delhi, India, on 5–7 March.
Karim Haggag, SIPRI Director, contributed to several discussions during the conference. He spoke on the opening panel ‘The Global Crossroads: Assertion, Accommodation, Advancement’ and participated in the session ‘Back to the Future: Power, Principle and the Making of a New World’, which explored how power is exercised and institutionalized in an evolving global order. In addition, Haggag joined a discussion titled ‘Conversations over Kahwa: New Middle East Mosaic’, addressing developments in the Middle East and the roles of regional and external actors in shaping the region’s future.
Dr Caroline Delgado, SIPRI Programme Director, moderated the panel discussion ‘Recipes for Resilience: Food Security and Geopolitics’, which examined the growing geopolitical implications of food security, including supply chain disruptions, climate impacts on agricultural production and the role of national and international policies in strengthening resilience.
About the Raisina Dialogue
The Raisina Dialogue is organized annually by the Observer Research Foundation in partnership with India’s Ministry of External Affairs. The 2026 edition brought together over 3000 attendees from government, business, academia and civil society across 120 countries to discuss global challenges.