Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | PM Modi’s Indo-Pacific tour | Will Biden’s pullout be India’s gain?

We normally look at what’s already happened in the world, but given how much is expected in the week ahead, we wanted to give you a primer on what to expect and to look out for: A full week of travels ahead for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he attends the G-7 in Japan’s Hiroshima, then to Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby and then to Sydney, Australia. All eyes here will be on whether PM Modi will meet him -While they will not be in the room- Russia and China will be hot topics of discussion – at the G7- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is one of the main issues, while during Quad talks, and possibly the Forum for Indo-Pacific Island Cooperation FIPIC, keeping free and open sea lanes, and the China challenge will be on the agenda. This is even more salient in the context of our ongoing presidency of the G20 and our particular efforts to prioritize the interest and concerns of our fellow country members of the global South.” - Nuclear non-proliferation will also be in focus at the G7 given that it is being held in Hiroshima, the site where one of two atomic bombs were dropped in 1945- heres what Japanese Ambassador Suzuki said: “ This is very close to Prime Minister Kishida’s heart. Bilateral: -In Japan, PM will meet a number of the leaders present, some of them for the second time this year- Japanese PM Kishida, German Chancellor Scholz, Australian PM Albanese and Italian PM Melloni have already visited India this year, he will meet US President Biden in Washington and French president Macron in Paris in the next 2 months, Brazilian President Lula at the BRICS summit in South Africa in August, and most of them again at the G20. And then the big cancellation by US President Biden – who was due to announce a security agreement with PNG, that was leaked to the press, causing some protests in parliament and calls for a confidence vote -His visit to Australia was meant to be a multilateral one for the Quad in Sydney, but with Biden’s cancellation and then PM Kishida’s, PM Modi will be the only leader travelling there.