Raisina Middle East is co-hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and ORF Middle East, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UAE and the Ministry of External Affairs, India. This two-day-long international forum aims to establish a high-level conversation that will convene relevant stakeholders, including representatives from government, academia, media and the private sector. This forum will provide an opportunity to engage with the dynamic growth and developments in the Middle East, and the region’s rapid integration with and pivotal role in the world. The deliberations at the forum will cover key sectors, important policy domains, and global challenges. It will strive to foster a renewed ethic of partnership and collaboration amongst different stakeholders across geographies.
Raisina Middle East will be a key global arena where important voices and ideas will help foster technological advancement, drive inclusive innovation, and incubate knowledge products to serve all of humanity.
The 2025 edition sought to recalibrate and renew priorities by focusing on three core ideas—Invest, Connect, and Secure—as the reimagined order necessitates connecting key actors and geographies around aligned visions of shared prosperity and rising aspirations.
Shaped by the partnership between the UAE, a dynamic global hub of trade, technology, energy, and finance and India, a leading driver of global demand, growth, and innovation at scale, these conversations will bring in perspectives from around the world. Raisina Middle East 2026 seeks to be a hub that crowds in ideas, celebrates diversity of perspectives, and discovers common and complementary pathways to a future that we are all destined to share.
The discussions will be curated around thematic pillars:
Trade and Connectivity:
Finance and Investment:
Technology and Innovation:
Geopolitics, Security and Partnerships:
Energy and Green Imperatives:
Speakers
H.H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates
H.E. S. Jaishankar
Minister of External Affairs of India
H.E. Amine Salam
Minister of Economy and Trade, Lebanon
H.E. Anwar Mohammed Gargash
Diplomatic Advisor to the President, United Arab Emirates