Ram Madhav on geopolitics, AI, and India’s global role
The global order is no longer merely shifting; it is being remade. The fundamental assumptions of post-Second World War international politics—Western leadership, stable alliances, and rule-based multilateralism—are fraying under the combined pressures of China’s rise, geopolitical disruption, technological asymmetries, and institutional fatigue. Power is dispersing unevenly, producing a more fragmented and contested international system.
Against this backdrop, Junjun Sharma Pathak of India’s World speaks with Ram Madhav—Indian politician, strategist, and author, and currently President of the India Foundation. Madhav served as National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2020. A renowned thinker, he has authored several books in English and Telugu, including The Indian Reality, Partitioned Freedom, The Hindutva Paradigm, Because India Comes First, and Uneasy Neighbours: India and China after 50 Years of the War. His latest book, The New World: 21st Century Global Order and India, examines the erosion of the post-war international system and the emergence of new forms of global authority shaped by both state and non-state actors.