Operation Amistad is India’s fast-tracked humanitarian mission delivering emergency healthcare, rescue teams, and portable BHISHM hospitals to earthquake-hit Venezuela. This deployment reinforces India’s strategic soft power, technological diplomacy, and expanding leadership as a first responder in the Global South.
Click to View MoreThe realization of the Asian Century relies heavily on India and China effectively managing their relationship. Despite facing severe border conflicts and massive trade imbalances, both nations cooperate pragmatically within BRICS to reform global governance and lead the Global South.
Click to View MoreIndia and China are actively competing for leadership of the Global South. While China uses massive infrastructure financing and debt diplomacy via the BRI, India leverages capacity building, Digital Public Infrastructure, and democratic governance to offer a transparent development alternative.
Click to View MoreIndia's 2026 BRICS Chairship promotes resilience, innovation, and sustainability. Key initiatives include leading the SME Working Group under PartNIR to boost MSME technology access, and joining the BRICS Centre for Industrial Competencies to enhance global manufacturing capabilities.
Click to View MoreIndia strengthened ties with Trinidad and Tobago by handing over a modern agro-processing facility under the SEEDS initiative. This partnership aggressively focuses on agriculture, historical Girmitiya linkages, India Stack digital integration, and securing a landmark CARICOM trade agreement.
Click to View MoreThe U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran exposes deep divisions within BRICS. India’s cautious stance clashes with China–Russia’s anti-West posture, weakening bloc unity, raising doubts about its challenge to U.S. dominance, and highlighting the need for a cohesive security framework.
Click to View MoreThe Raisina Dialogue 2025 theme “Saṁskāra – Assertion, Accommodation, Advancement” reflects global trends of national assertion, plurilateral cooperation, and technological progress like India’s Digital Public Infrastructure. It showcases India as a “Vishwa Mitra” and Global South voice, though challenges remain in converting dialogue into concrete action.
Click to View MoreBrazil’s President’s February 2026 visit strengthened the India-Brazil Strategic Partnership, advancing Global South leadership. Outcomes include a digital AI partnership, a USD 30 billion trade target by 2030, and cooperation on critical minerals and Scorpene submarines. Overcoming distance and Chinese influence requires diversified trade and deeper defence collaboration.
Click to View MoreThe AI surge offers the Global South a chance to shift from data suppliers to agenda setters, avoiding digital colonization. India’s IndiaAI Mission and Digital Public Infrastructure model inclusive innovation. Despite compute gaps and talent drain, regional coalitions, sovereign AI, and ethical governance can drive equitable growth.
Click to View MoreIndia is advancing the democratisation of Artificial Intelligence by expanding affordable access to compute power, shared datasets, digital infrastructure and AI skills through initiatives like the IndiaAI Mission and AIKosh. With widespread 5G connectivity, growing data centre capacity and strong policy support, the approach aims to enable inclusive innovation, strengthen public service delivery, reduce regional disparities and position India as a global leader in equitable and development-focused AI.
Click to View MoreIndia launched the Responsible Nations Index to assess countries on ethical governance, environmental care, and global well-being. By challenging Western-led indices, the RNI shifts focus from power to accountability, promotes a Global South narrative, and positions India as a responsible Vishwa Bandhu in a multipolar world.
Click to View MoreThe global order is shifting from US unipolarity to a fluid multipolar system shaped by US–China rivalry. The United States refocuses strategy, China expands influence, and Russia plays a revisionist swing role. For India, multi-alignment remains essential to preserve strategic autonomy.
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