2026 promises to be as unpredictable as the previous year- beginning with the US invasion of Venezuela. As global power balances shift and geopolitical fault lines harden, India’s foreign policy is in the process of recalibration. From managing a complex and unresolved relationship with China to deepening strategic, economic and diplomatic engagements across the Global South, India is navigating an increasingly multipolar and transactional world order. Meanwhile, under the current US administration, global diplomacy, trade alignments and multilateral institutions Face renewed strain, creating both risks and opportunities for India’s strategic positioning.

This session, led by The Hindu’s Diplomatic Editor Suhasini Haidar, will examine how India is balancing principle, pragmatism and power in this evolving landscape and what that means for the corporate strategy, investment and risk management over the next 3-5 years. The conversation will offer leaders a candid assessment of how India’s foreign policy priorities, partnerships and constraints are likely to evolve in the years ahead, and how companies should re-strategies their supply chains and stakeholder strategies in response.