India in the emerging multipolar world order

The architecture of global power that took shape after the Cold War no longer holds. Nations are regrouping and realigning under the pressure of geopolitical upheaval and domestic imperatives, while technology is rewriting the very meaning of sovereignty and economic interdependence buckles under new strategic rivalries. As the world’s largest democracy, India’s choices now carry weight far beyond its borders — shaping international security, trade, technology governance, climate action and the development priorities of the Global South. Its simultaneous engagement with the G20, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the QUAD, alongside bilateral partnerships spanning…