South Asia
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) promotes democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and curbing climate change.
The South Asia Regional Office now operates under FNF Asia, while the office in New Delhi has been designated as the Country Office for India. To explore the initiatives and activities of FNF India, please visit here.
In Asia, we have offices in Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Malaysia, New Delhi, Seoul, and Taipei.
News
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With the Dalai Lama now 90, an unavoidable question looms. What comes next?
As the Dalai Lama turns 90, an unavoidable question grows louder across the world: what comes next for Tibet, its people, and its spiritual leadership? Beyond succession, the debate touches identity, geopolitics, religion, and the future of a struggle that has endured for decades under global scrutiny and Chinese pressure.
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Podiumsdiskussion zur India Week in Hamburg bei Hapag Lloyd: „Empowering Diversity, Arbeitsmarkt und LGBTQIA+ Inklusion“
Bei der India Week Hamburg diskutierten Expert:innen über LGBTQIA+ Inklusion: Vielfalt ist wirtschaftlich sinnvoll, fördert Innovation & stärkt Unternehmen weltweit. #fnfsouthasia
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Bridging Continents Through Dialogue
In a time of rising polarization and global uncertainty, meaningful dialogue across cultures and continents has never been more important. Bringing together voices from Europe and South Asia in Dharamshala, this journey explored democracy, identity, human rights, and the Tibetan cause — showing how shared conversations can build deeper understanding, stronger partnerships, and lasting connections beyond borders.
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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.
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A Transformative Journey in Leadership
What does leadership truly mean in a rapidly changing world? From intensive discussions on facilitation and democratic values to personal reflection and global exchange in Germany, this journey explores how leadership is not only about guiding others — but also about understanding oneself, building dialogue, and defending the values of freedom in uncertain times.
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Who Will Mind the Gap? A Disengaged U.S. and a Global Order in Transition
The shaping of a distinctly non-Western agenda does not, however, mean an anti-Western agenda. This is reflected, for instance, in India’s nuanced shift from hitherto conventional views of seeing the West in adversarial terms. This was further echoed by India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar dismissing the ‘West as bad guy’ as a dated trope. Interestingly, this marks a continuity rather than a departure as the history of Southern multilateralism reveals. It may be recalled that despite its strident anti-West posturing, the New International Economic Order (NIEO) debates of the 1970s, were not framed in confrontational terms. Rather, the Charter of NIEO, for instance, called upon states to ‘cooperate in facilitating more rational and equitable international economic relations’.
