In an op-ed for The Diplomat, Senior Advisor Raymond Vickery writes that as president of the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) this year, India is in a position to project global leadership. But, he argues, it will need to strengthen its economic heft and use it to promote peace and security.

2023 [will be] an opportune year for India to position itself as a global leader. However, India will need to maintain its economic stride, and promote global peace and security to make the most of this opportunity. India is concentrating on economic and developmental issues in both the G20 and the SCO to the exclusion of security issues. It has already hosted a meeting of the G20 Development Working Group in Mumbai and plans to hold over 200 meetings in over 50 cities in India this year. Similarly at the SCO, India is emphasizing three “pillars of cooperation” – Startups & Innovation, Science & Technology, and Traditional Medicine.  The high-level engagement and frequency of meetings underlines the seriousness with which India has taken up the mantle of its leadership.

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