“2025: India’s Multilateral Ascendancy – Forging a Just Global Order”, India Narrative, December 23, 25
“If 2025 has tested India’s bilateral skill, it has also highlighted the maturing of its role in multilateral and plurilateral arenas. Institutions that once appeared unchangeable now face pressure from within and without, as emerging economies demand a greater voice and as existing powers disagree among themselves on trade, climate and security. In this environment, India has tried to move from merely managing forums to shaping them, using its experience, credibility and convening power to argue for a more equitable global order.
This shift is most visible in three overlapping spheres: the G20 and other economic governance platforms; coalitions such as BRICS and smaller “minilateral” groupings; and the traditional multilateral system centred around the United Nations and its specialised agencies. Across all three, India’s diplomacy has been marked by a consistent emphasis on reform, inclusiveness and development‑centred outcomes.
Recasting the G20 from the Global South
The G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg in November 2025 served as the principal stage on which India’s new multilateral role played out. The summit unfolded under the shadow of a boycott by the United States, raising doubts about the forum’s continued centrality at a time of sharp geopolitical polarisation. Yet, rather than allowing the gathering to drift, New Delhi chose to treat the moment as an opportunity to push for a more genuinely representative and development‑oriented G20……”
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