Space for Diplomacy
Space for Diplomacy
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Space for Diplomacy™ is a podcast hosted by Dr. Susmita Mohanty, the trailblazing Director General of Spaceport SARABHAI, India’s foremost space policy think tank.
Each episode features in-depth conversations with former heads of space agencies, senior diplomats who have shaped international treaties, eminent legal minds advising governments, and leading technologists at the forefront of innovation — exploring complex, ever-evolving themes such as geopolitics, technology diplomacy, international cooperation, and all things space.
The podcast tracks the rise of eastern space powers, fractures in multilateral institutions, and the growing influence of private industry. Its mission is to critically revisit the 20th-century space narrative and craft a new one — balanced across hemispheres and attuned to shifting geopolitics, power realignments, and a new world order.
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The podcast delves into themes such as geopolitics, technology diplomacy, and international cooperation, with episodes that include discussions on the rise of eastern space powers, multilateral institutional fractures, and private sector influence. Specific examples include detailed explorations of nuclear technology's role in international disarmament efforts and the evolution of space treaties.
Space for Diplomacy™ is a podcast hosted by Dr. Susmita Mohanty, the trailblazing Director General of Spaceport SARABHAI, India’s foremost space policy think tank.
Each episode features in-depth conversations with former heads of space agencies, senior diplomats who have shaped international treaties, eminent legal minds advising governments, and leading technologists at the forefront of innovation — exploring complex, ever-evolving themes such as geopolitics, technology diplomacy, international cooperation, and all things space.
The podcast tracks the rise of eastern space powers, fractures in multilateral institutions, and the growing influence of private industry. Its mission is to critically revisit the 20th-century space narrative and craft a new one — balanced across hemispheres and attuned to shifting geopolitics, power realignments, and a new world order.
A conversation with Ambassador Arun K. Singh about technology as a currency for diplomacy, the evolving contours of the Indo-US partnership and Indo-French tech cooperation.
Biography: Arun K. Singh
Indian Ambassador to the United States (2015-2016)
Indian Ambassador to France (2013-2015)
Indian Ambassador to Israel (2005-2008)
Ambassador Arun Singh has extensive experience across the globe, including as India’s Ambassador to the United States, Israel, and France. Throughout his distinguished 37-year career in the Indian Foreign Service, Ambassador Singh has served during pivotal periods in key global capitals, and was instrumental in shaping India’s policies, notably the continued progress in the US-India relationship; India’s closer ties to Israel; and the formulation and implementation of India’s policies related to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, including in the period following 9/11. He was a Member of India’s National Security Advisory Board over 2021-22.
Ambassador Singh is currently a Senior Counsellor at The Cohen Group, a Visiting Professor at Ashoka University, and a Non- Resident Senior Fellow at Carnegie India.
In the spring of 2017, Ambassador Singh taught courses on US Foreign Policy in South Asia and Current Global Trends and Challenges at American University and the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He was also a Distinguished Halle Fellow at Emory University, and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ambassador Singh holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from Delhi University, where he specialized in econometrics, development policy, macroeconomics, and Indian economic history. He taught Economics at St. Stephen’s College of University of Delhi, before joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1979.
Recorded on 18 July 2025
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