In his third term, he should take a proactive approach to peacemaking, like Norway & Switzerland. This will help India better manage its external environment
After a bruising election campaign, Modi’s tryst in Italy with G7 bigwigs was not just an opportunity to hand out the new calling card of Modi 3.0. It was also an occasion to discuss global conflicts that are upending the world order. However, Modi wisely gave a miss to the Swiss-Ukrainian Peace Summit that followed soon after. Although India did send a secretary-level delegation to the summit, it did not sign the joint communique. Expectedly, the summit’s efforts did not go too far with Russia not at the table. But it would be good for India to study these peace moves carefully.
A challenging world | India has deftly navigated a 21st century world where power dynamics have shifted from bipolarity to unipolarity to the current multipolarity of sorts, where India also aspires to be a pole. But the current decade has frontloaded the shocks: a global pandemic; an economic meltdown; wars in Ukraine and Gaza; and the looming threat of another conflict theatre around Taiwan.
A challenging world | India has deftly navigated a 21st century world where power dynamics have shifted from bipolarity to unipolarity to the current multipolarity of sorts, where India also aspires to be a pole. But the current decade has frontloaded the shocks: a global pandemic; an economic meltdown; wars in Ukraine and Gaza; and the looming threat of another conflict theatre around Taiwan.