OPINION | ACADEMIA- India-ASEAN collaboration: Shaping a new global agenda for a multipolar world

Side by side: Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar (center) and his counterparts from ASEAN member countries join a photo session ahead of their meeting in New Delhi on June 10, 2022. (Twitter account/Indian foreign minister)

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Chandran Nair
The Jakarta Post
New Delhi
●   Sat, March 11, 2023

India holds this year’s presidency of the Group of 20 and has boldly stated its vision as Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (One Earth, One Family, One Future). This is a departure from the previous (and often dry) themes of the G20 which are dominated by geopolitical issues and economic priorities of Western powers.

India’s tagline demonstrates the insertion of its culture and philosophy as well its desire for a more contemporary and non-western centric geopolitical narrative into the global agenda in a major way.

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In many ways, India is now joining China in aspiring to reshape the substance of geopolitical relations away from the Western-led zero-sum-game framing of internationalism. With the G20 and other efforts, India is demonstrating an ambition to bring about a new era of pluralism and coexistence based on a strong appreciation of the need for a shared prosperity that is rooted in an age-old appreciation of socioeconomic limits, collective welfare and a departure from international relations based on exceptionalism and entitlement by exerting power and dominance over others.

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