Hari
Seshasayee
ABOUT ME
I'm a foreign policy analyst specializing in India-Latin America relations, Latin American politics & economy, and India's foreign policy and governance.
I currently work with as an Asia-Latin America Expert with the United Nations Development Programme, and as an Advisor to the Foreign Minister of Panama. I am also a Visiting Fellow with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF). I previously worked with ProColombia, the Colombian government's trade and investment promotion agency, and was a Global Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson Center, a think tank in Washington DC. I did my Masters in Latin American Studies at Stanford University, have worked with think tanks and business associations, and often present or lecture on India-Latin America relations in English and Spanish. I have also lived in Peru and traveled extensively across Latin America.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS & EXPERTISE
In a new study for the Latin American Program, Hari Seshasayee makes the case that India’s greatest contribution to Latin America—and one which sets it apart from China— is its disproportionately higher impact in value-added manufacturing and services. Seshasayee demonstrates multiple ways that India has deepened its engagement with the region in this century. Read more.
The drastic and sudden drop in Venezuelan and Iranian oil exports to India in 2019-2020, due to the looming threat of US secondary sanctions, is the latest supply chain disruption to India’s energy security. To avoid similar disruptions in the future, India should diversify its oil import sources as well as the energy basket to increase the share of domestic, renewable sources of energy. Read more.
A new book published by the Wilson Center, Venezuela’s Authoritarian Allies: The Ties That Bind? details how a range of international allies—Russia, China, Cuba, India, Turkey, and Iran—have aligned with Caracas for diverse economic, political, ideological, and geostrategic reasons Read book.
Latin American companies that have invested in India since the 1990s have had varied experiences: some have achieved considerable success, while a number of them have exited. This paper is a primer on enterprises from the Latin American region that have engaged the Indian market in the past 30 years. Read more.
India-Latin America relations
Research focused on India-Latin America relations, including bilateral relationships such as India-Brazil and India-Mexico relations
Latin American politics & society
Research related to specific Latin American countries or the region's politics & economy, including elections, developmental issues
India's foreign policy & governance
Research on the world's largest democracy, India, including issues of economic development and foreign policy
Panel Discussion
29 June, 2021