Background and Summary
On February 20, ORF America in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), the Ministry of External Affairs and the Embassy of India in Berlin hosted a panel discussion at the 60th Munich Security Conference featuring:
Prince Faisal bin Farhad Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia
Stephen Harper, Former Prime Minister, Canada
Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India
Dr. Meghan O’Sullivan, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President, European Commission
Moderator: Dr. Samir Saran, President, ORF
The panel discussion explored how strategic competition and the rise of the Global South is impacting the international order, as well as current political frameworks such as the G7, BRICS, and the Quad. A video of the event is available here.