CONTENTS: Introduction-Harsh V Pant, Part I: INDIA AND KEY POWERS: 1. The United States: A True Transformation-Vivek Mishra, 2. China: A Downward Spiral-Antara Ghosal Singh, 3. Russia: A Tightrope Walk-Nandan Unnikrishnan and Rajoli Siddharth Jayaprakash, 4. The European Union: A Blend of Optimism and Tension-Shairee Malhotra, 5. Japan: Aligned, Transformative, and Impactful-Pratnashree Basu, Part II: INDIA IN PIVOTAL GEOGRAPHIES: 6. South Asia: Prioritising the Neighbourhood-Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy and Shivam Shekhawat, 7. Indo-Pacific: A Strategic Embrace-Sayantan Haldar and Abhishek Sharma, 8. The Middle East: Reviving Lost Momentum-Kabir Taneja, 9. Africa: A New Helt-Samir Bhattacharya, 10. Central Asia: India's Strategic Pivolt-Ayjaz Wani, 11. Latin America: In Search of a New Dynamism-Hari Seshasayee, Part III: INDIA AND THE GLOBAL ORDER: 12. The UN and WTO: Negotiating for the Global South-Angad Singh Brar, 13. Climate Diplomacy: Domestic Challenges, Global Leadership-Aparna Roy, 14. The Global Nuclear Order: Steadfast Commitment to Disarmament-Kartik Bommakanti, 15. Emerging and Critical Technology: Moving to the Centrestage of Diplomacy-Sameer Patil, 16. Development Cooperation: A New Agenda in India's Economic Diplomacy-Swati Prabhu, 17. Connectivity: Searching for Resilience and Reach-Prithvi Gupta.