INDIA'S EVOLVING STAKE IN THE UNITED NATIONS

As India wishes to enter the year 2025 as a responsible power in the international system, it will make sure that it is a part of the scheme of things of the United Nations.

- By Balaji Chandramohan

To start with, as a part of its strategic outreach, India has astutely used regional forums to supplant its position in the United Nations. It shows that Indian policymakers understand that the world is increasingly multipolar. The country currently occupies important positions in the Russia-India-China triumvirate, whose foreign ministers meet twice a year. It is a key member of BRIC, which also includes Brazil. Along with Brazil and South Africa, it is one of the three great powers of the “south,” while the BASIC group brought together Brazil, South Africa, India, and China during the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen last year.