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The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) promotes democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and curbing climate change. In Asia, we have offices in Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Manila, Malaysia, New Delhi, Seoul, and Taipei.
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News
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Strategic Neutrality
In a world increasingly divided by rival power blocs, can strategic neutrality still survive — or is every nation eventually forced to choose a side? Explore how India is navigating global tensions, balancing partnerships, and redefining what neutrality means in a rapidly shifting geopolitical order.
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Navigating India’s Role: Security, Geopolitics and Trade
What drives India’s foreign policy today — ideology, security, or economic ambition? A new survey reveals a striking shift: Indians increasingly see diplomacy through the lens of prosperity, trade, and strategic opportunity. As global tensions reshape alliances, India is attempting to balance autonomy, partnerships, and ambition in an increasingly fragmented world order.
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Geopolitical Dynamics Favour India–EU Trade Deal
As global alliances shift and economic uncertainty deepens, the India–EU trade deal is gaining renewed strategic importance. From supply chains and technology to geopolitics and market access, changing global dynamics may finally be creating the right conditions for both sides to move closer toward a historic partnership.
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BRICS Should Avoid Deepening Global Geopolitical Divisions
As India is holding the BRICS rotational presidency for 2026, it is expected to advance a people-centred agenda that prioritises digital public infrastructure, climate and clean energy transitions, and reforms of multilateral institutions while carefully avoiding an overtly anti-Western posture.
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From Aid to Investment: Reframing Germany–Nepal Economic Relations
For decades, Germany’s engagement with Nepal was shaped largely through development aid. But as global dynamics shift, a new question is emerging: can the relationship evolve into a deeper economic partnership driven by investment, trade, and strategic cooperation? Explore how both countries are rethinking their future in a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.
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Shaping the BRICS Agenda for Tomorrow
As BRICS expands its global influence, a critical question emerges: will it become a platform for cooperation — or another arena for geopolitical rivalry? With India taking the 2026 presidency, the challenge may lie in keeping BRICS focused on development, connectivity, and reform without pushing the world deeper into competing global camps.
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From Dialogue to Leadership
What transforms a conversation into leadership? Bringing together young women from across South Asia and Europe, Female Forward 2025 explored democracy, identity, and leadership through dialogue, exchange, and shared experiences. More than a study tour, it became a space where future changemakers began shaping their own voices and visions for the future.
