Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt visited India

Peaceful integration of a pluralistic society in a globalizing world, the need for strategies to combat international terrorism, the importance of a common European foreign policy, and the increasing concern to tackle the growing environmental problems were some of the key areas that Dr. Gerhardt concentrated on in his keynote address delivered at New Delhi. Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt, chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit (FNF), was on a short visit to India and took the opportunity to interact with a group of prominent strategy experts, partners and numerous friends in a discussion on the topic “Challenges of Foreign Policy in the 21st Century”.

He was accompanied by Harald Klein, Head of the Department, International Politics of
Harald Klein the Foundation in Potsdam.

Harald Klein, in his remarks, underlined the priorities of the Foundation in its international work through strengthening of liberal networks (like the Economic Freedom Network) and keeping the dialogue process open. Speaking from the Indian perspective, Brahma Chellany, a strategy and security expert, also stressed the need for liberal solutions to the current problems, be it at the global level or at the local level. Development of societies should be based on liberal values, he said.

The visitors also travelled to Dharamsala, during their stay in India and held high-level discussions with the top-leadership of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile.

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