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A New Global Disorder?
The Conflagration in West Asia
Speakers
As conflict erupts in West Asia, the consequences are rippling across the globe, threatening to reshape the international order in ways not seen in decades. This session will bring together experts to explore the geopolitical, economic, and security implications of this crisis for the world and for India. With deep insights from Ranjan Mathai, former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to Israel, and Latha Reddy, former Deputy NSA, the discussion will be moderated by Stanly Johny of The Hindu. A Q&A with the audience will follow.
Speakers
Ranjan Mathai
Latha Reddy
Latha Reddy served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1975 to 2013. The highlights of her career were her postings as Consul General in Durban, South Africa, Ambassador to Portugal, and later to Thailand, and serving as Secretary(East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, and finally, as the Deputy National Security Advisor of India.
Since her retirement in 2013, she has been based in her hometown Bangalore. Here she has worked intensively on Cybersecurity and served on two Global Commissions on the subject. She has served on the Boards of a Microfinance company, a bank, and a Telecom industry body.
She also heads and works actively on several NGOs and Trusts in the fields of heritage, theatre, international affairs, creative arts, classical dance and music.
She is a Fellow of the Observer Research Foundation and is on the Adjunct Faculty of the Takshashila Institute.
Stanly Johny
Stanly Johny is the International Affairs Editor with The Hindu. A PhD in international studies from the Centre for West Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi, he has been writing on geopolitics and Indian foreign policy for over a decade, and has reported from different parts of the world. He is a Visiting Professor at KREA University, Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, an adjunct faculty member at Asian College of Journalism (ACJ), Chennai, and a Visiting Fellow at Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram. He is the author of The ISIS Caliphate: From Syria to the Doorsteps of India (2018), and co-author of The Comrades and the Mullahs: China, Afghanistan and the New Asian Geopolitics (2022). His third book, Original Sin: Israel, Palestine and the Revenge of Old West Asia, will be out later this year.
