Ex-US envoy Taranjit Singh Sandhu is expert at Explained.Live today
Taranjit Singh Sandhu was Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of India in Washington DC from July 2013 to January 2017.
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Former Indian ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu. (Credit: NASA)US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House has triggered both anticipation and apprehension. There is nervousness in some world capitals about his often unconventional decision-making.
What were the signals from Trump’s inaugural address and Day 1 executive orders? Is there a pattern in his cabinet picks? Where could his crackdown on illegal immigrants and the promised tariff war with China lead? What position will he take on the war in Ukraine and the crisis in West Asia? And will there be any change in the India-US relationship?
Former Indian ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu will answer and explain some of these questions at the latest session of Express Explained.Live on January 27 at 6 pm.
The retired diplomat is one of the most well-regarded Indian envoys to the US — he served in the post from February 2020 to January 2024 — and knows Washington DC’s politics better than many.
He will be in conversation with Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor, The Indian Express.
Sandhu was Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of India in Washington DC from July 2013 to January 2017.
From 1997 to 2000, he was First Secretary (Political) at the Embassy of India in Washington DC, responsible for liaison with the US Congress.
He also served at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York, from July 2005 to February 2009.
Explained.Live is a series of explanatory conversations hosted by The Indian Express.
Expert guests at Explained.Live sessions have included former Indian ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale, former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, former Indian ambassador to US Arun K Singh, former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, former Indian ambassador to Russia D B Venkatesh Varma, former Foreign Secretary and Indian ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale, former Deputy NSA Pankaj Saran, former Indian ambassador to UAE Navdeep Suri, former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan T C A Raghavan, IIT-Delhi Director Ramgopal Rao, industrialist Naushad Forbes, capital markets expert Nilesh Shah, and medical scientist Dr Gagandeep Kang, among others.
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