FEATURED RESEARCH
India Must Architect Sectoral Plurilateral Blocs to Overcome Geopolitical Coercion
Lokendra Sharma, Abhishek Kadiyala, Arindam Goswami, Ashwin Prasad, Nitin Pai
India’s current multialignment strategy is buckling under the pressure of a volatile, transactional US and a structurally aggressive China. This paper argues that while India should continue engaging with the US and China, it should also pursue a strategy of sectoral plurilateralism. This shift has the potential to increase economic integration and create geopolitical leverage.
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