India G-20 presidency

Shaping the multilateral agenda amidst varied national interests will be an important diplomatic test for India. 

India is increasingly serving as a model for countries worldwide by demonstrating how economic development and environmental conservation can be complementary.

German Chancellor Scholz’s recent visit to India was much more consequential than “chai sipping in Chanakyapuri.”

India pitched its identity as both a stalwart U.S. partner and a core member of the Global South.

India's hope to avoid the Ukraine issue during its G-20 presidency has proved immensely naïve.

China's foreign minister met with his counterparts from Russia and India at a meeting dominated by discussions of the Ukraine war.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the meeting by warning that "multilateralism is in crisis today."

Antagonism over the Russia-Ukraine war has left G-20 host India in the unenviable position of trying to reconcile clearly irreconcilable differences.

India may be optimistic about its G-20 presidency, but the prospects for a transformative multilateralism are currently dim.

The G-20 must avoid giving legitimacy to an exclusionary nation-branding project in which minorities are banished to the sidelines.

India is making digital technology governance a centerpiece of its G-20 presidency. It is a stark signpost of its aspirations as a global digital leader.

Does the grand rhetoric of India’s foreign policy aspirations match the reality of the country’s domestic reform momentum?