Raquel Vaz Pinto spoke with Ashok Malik about India's affirmation as a regional democratic and multilateral power. 

Ashok Malik policy advisor in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. He served as press secretary to the President of India for two years and was a distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, a public policy think-tank based in India. As a columnist, he wrote for a publications such as Times of India and Hindustan Times. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour. 

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The Lisbon Speed Talks are digital conversations about global change that affects our lives and societies, carried out by the Club of Lisbon in partnership with Lisbon City Hall and Instituto Marquês de Valle Flor - IMVF. 

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