World ‘badly in need of some form of re-globalisation’, says Jaishankar

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"The world is badly in need of some form of re-globalisation," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on September 29, underlining that India is "non-Western and not anti-Western".

Mr. Jaishankar was speaking at an event organised by the prestigious think tank Hudson Institute in Washington DC on the topic of 'India’s Role in a New Pacific Order'.

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“If you put it together, I would suggest to you that the world is badly in need of some form of re-globalisation,” he said.

The Minister said globalisation itself is undeniable because it has struck very deep roots.

“It has tremendous benefits. Nobody doubts. But this particular model of globalisation has evolved over the last 25 years. Obviously, it has a lot of risks inherent, and today how to address those risks and create a safer world is part of the challenge,” he said.

On the Indo-Pacific, Mr. Jaishankar said it is a concept that has gained ground. The separation in a way of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Region is something actually which was an outcome really of the Second World War. The one looked at a global strategy and global understanding before that of the Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean but dealt with it in a much more integrated way, with the emphasis on India, he said.