Reuben Abraham, CEO and Senior Fellow, IDFC Institute, moderated a panel at the India Trilateral Forum 14, organized by the Observer Research Foundation, The German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, in Goa, in March 2018. The panel discussed "India’s future domestic politics and global expectations: First Responder or Lead Power?". Panelists included Sadanand Dhume, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Anirban Ganguly, Director, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee Research Foundation, Tanvi Madan, Fellow and Director, The India Project, Brookings Institution, Klas Molin, Ambassador of Sweden to India, Manish Tewari, Member of Parliament, India.