New Delhi, March 6 -- The eleventh edition of the Raisina Dialogue, India's flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, was inaugurated last evening by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb.

Opening the proceedings, Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF) said that throughout its eleven years, the Dialogue has remained steadfast in its "aim of unpacking the present to help shape the future."

He pointed out that its theme in 2026, Samskara, captures a world in which "nations are asserting their identity, asserting their dialogue, and advancing through refinement."

Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, ORF noted that current conflicts are guided by impulses that are inherently old. What ...