The Institute of Social and Cultural Studies that organizes various discourses and round tables to decipher the contemporary issues on 23^rd of November, 2023 organized a discussion session to understand the country that leading the hegemony of globalization decides its course of action as an aftermath of its newly appointed government. Thus the “South Asian Diplomacy @Trump 2.0” charter outlines its policy mechanism to mainstream diverse economic development, cut short the problems of migrations and unemployment.

The discussion started with the felicitation of the Distinguished Speakers followed by the Welcome Address by the Director of the Institute Shri Arindam Mukherjee. The Moderator of the event Mohit Musaddi – Senior Research Associate of ISCS did set the stage for discussion manifesting how the back of Trump’s 2.0 as per India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar would be beneficial for defining a comprehensive ordeal for supply chain to address the demand and supply inadequacies. Secondly it would oversee digital security prospects, geo-political reshaping and addressing the immigration concerns.

The First Distinguished Speaker Shri Ambarish Dasgupta- Senior Partner, Intueri Consulting Firm who is an expert in analysing the financial sector and has dealt with trade reforms- brought to centre stage that the Trump’s 2.0 will help to streamline the trade and supply chain ethics in South Asia. He would pursue better relations and through extended trade across ASEAN and South Asia would develop a bilateral semantics which would also address the geo-political issues, Chinese provocation and claiming of authority to a certain extent. His diplomatic techniques would help to harp on devising a much formalized technical and diplomatic system. At the same time on reforming the economy he tries to develop logistical hubs, manufacturing units and focuses on the marketing aspects of the global value chain.

The next Distinguished Speaker Shri Rajrishi Singhal- Senior journalist, banker and a public policy analyst-cum-consultant characterised the political nature of Trump based on his previous tenure. He said that Trump’s reversal would help to bring down the walls between the executors and legislators perceived by traditional bureaucratic structure. From the South Asian perspective, Trump’s reclaim would support economic strategy reversals along with some noticeable inductions in foreign policy and geo-political strategies. The discussion also elicited a very interesting question and answer session among the speakers and audience composed of young scholars, students of political Science, civil society actors and public policy practitioners. The event marked its conclusion with a vote of Thanks by the ISCS official.