India’s G20 presidency is perhaps the most ambitious and grandest in the forum’s history. The recently concluded New Delhi summit was notable for its outlook of the ‘middle path’ to reconcile with the differences arising out of global geopolitical faultlines. The African Union’s G20 entry at the New Delhi summit should be read in this context. The age-old Buddhist wisdom of the “middle path”, which avoids a position of extremities, is seen to have subtly reflected in the New Delhi Declaration. India has carved its own space in the world of international relations since the dawn of the post-colonial epoch.

Source: Hindustan Times September 13, 2023 19:47 UTC