21 January 2026
09:00 - 10:30 Europe/Oslo
Event
India in South Asia: Quest for regional dominance in a multipolar world
This seminar will present a new report on India's role in South Asia.
Language: English
NUPI, Rosenkrantz' gate 22, OSLO
Seminar
The report examines India's complex relationships with neighbours including Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Pakistan, as well as its strategic presence in the Indian Ocean. It unpacks how economic ties, security rivalries, and domestic politics are reshaping alliances across the region.
With China's influence expanding and smaller states hedging their bets, South Asia has become a key arena of great-power competition. The presentation will walk through the report’s key findings and follow it up with a discussion on India’s role in the evolving geopolitical landscape, in the neighbourhood and abroad.
Speakers: Ankita Barthwal, Anna Rio. Comments by Rohan Mukherjee.
The event will also be streamed on NUPI's YouTube channel:
Speakers
Anna Eriksen Rio
Former employee
Ankita Barthwal
University of Oslo
Rohan Mukherjee
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, LSE
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India in South Asia: Quest for regional dominance in a multipolar world
This report analyses India’s role in South Asia at a time of heightened geopolitical uncertainty and domestic volatility across the region. As India’s economic and strategic weight grows, its immediate neighbourhood has become the most consequential arena in which the opportunities and constraints of its rise are revealed.
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21 January 2026
09:00 - 10:30 Europe/Oslo
Language: English
NUPI, Rosenkrantz' gate 22, OSLO
Seminar