Raisina Security Dialogue

Raisina Security Dialogue

Subject : International Relations

Section: Msc

Concept :

• India recently held the second edition of the Raisina Security Dialogue.

Raisina Security Dialogue:

• It is a conference of intelligence and security chiefs and top officials from around the world.
• It is modeled on the lines of the Munich Security Conference and Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue.
• It is organized by the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS).
• It was held for the first time in April 2022.

Raisina Security Dialogue 2023:

• This is the second edition of the dialogue.
• It saw participation from over 26 countries, including intelligence chiefs from the U.K, Japan, France, and Bahrain.
• The focus of the discussions was largely on global security, which encompassed counterterrorism, radicalization, drug trafficking, and illegal arms smuggling, among others.

Munich Security Conference:

• It is an annual conference on international security policy that has been held in Munich, Bavaria, Germany since 1963.
• It has become the most important independent forum for the exchange of views by international security policy decision-makers.
• The list of attendees includes heads of state, governments and international organizations, ministers, members of parliament, high-ranking representatives of armed forces, science, and civil society, as well as business and media.
• The conference is held annually in February. The venue is the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Shangri-La Dialogue:

• It is Asia’s premier defense and security summit.
• It is attended by Defence Ministers, permanent heads of ministries and military chiefs of 28 Asia-Pacific countries.
• It is organized by an independent think-thank, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
• The summit is named after the Shangri-La hotel in Singapore, where it has been held since 2002.