Delhi will step up outreach in Global South

Significance

In September, India hosted the G20 summit for the first time. It has throughout its G20 presidency sought to position itself as a bridge between developed economies and fellow developing countries.

Impacts

• The admission of the African Union as a G20 member will help India’s outreach, as Delhi had pushed hard for that to happen.
• Not criticising Israel over the Gaza war may set back India’s ties with parts of the Global South that are strongly pro-Palestine.
• China, like India, will keep positioning itself as a leader of the Global South, with this competition adding to the Beijing-Delhi rivalry.