The War in West Asia: The March of Folly

Discussants: Ambassador Ranjan Mathai, former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to Israel; Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Kapil Kak, AVSM, VSM, veteran of the 1971 war, distinguished strategic affairs expert and former senior fellow at leading defence and policy institutions; Professor Achin Vanaik, former Professor of International relations and Dean of the faculty of social sciences, Delhi University.

Chair: Amb K P Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis, and World Peace University, Pune.

Poetry Recital by Sagari Chabbra, Writer and film director

The war on Iran initiated by Israel on 28th February, and joined by the U.S. immediately shows no sign of ending though President Trump has claimed that his military objectives have been more or less met. India has 10 million nationals in the region, including more than a lakh in Israel and about 9000 in Iran. The rise in oil and gas prices will adversely impact India and others in the region and the rest of the world.How soon can we expect the end of the war?