HINDUSTAN TIMES

APLN member Shyam Saran writes about how New Delhi can navigate global contradictions and advocate for a reformed international order within the context of the G20. Read the full article on the Hindustan Times website here (paywall) here.

The central contradiction of our times is the persistence of nation-States on the one hand and the compulsions imposed by an increasingly globalised and deeply interconnected world on the other. The salience of cross-national and global issues, such as the climate crisis, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism, and pandemics, such as Covid-19, the issues of cyber security and safeguarding critical space-based assets, has increased dramatically over recent decades.