00 Introduction 1

Milan Vaishnav

01 Adapting to a Transactional America 5

Sameer Lalwani

02 India’s China Strategy in an Uncertain Strategic Environment 9

Tanvi Madan

03 Hedging Under Pressure: India-Russia Ties 12

Nivedita Kapoor

04 India and Europe Move to the Foreground 15

Garima Mohan

05 India Navigates a Divided Middle East 18

Nicolas Blarel

06 Trade and Economic Statecraft in an Age of Volatility 21

Shoumitro Chatterjee

07 India’s Technology Strategy in a Volatile Global Order 25

Konark Bhandari

08 Multilateralism Without America? 30

Rohan Mukherjee

About the Authors 34