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India Too Large To Be Called A Middle Power Says Jaishankar
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Moneycontrol•14-10-2026, 11:12
India Too Large To Be Called A Middle Power Says Jaishankar
- •External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that India cannot be described as a middle power due to its massive population, economic size, and strong growth prospects.
- •Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi, Jaishankar remarked that India is instead a power in the middle.
- •Jaishankar warned that the changing global order comes with new risks, noting a growing tendency for nations to weaponize strategic dependencies and chokepoints.
- •He asserted that the era of powerful countries enforcing unilateral rules through a do it or else approach has officially ended.
- •The minister noted that the post-1945 international order is undergoing a fundamental change with a shifting distribution of power and global shareholding.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that India is too large to be defined as a middle power given its massive population, a robust GDP of $4 trillion, and significant ongoing economic growth prospects.
S Jaishankar cautioned that the shifting global influence is accompanied by new risks where countries increasingly weaponize strategic dependencies, turning the world into a landscape of chokepoints rather than just middle powers.
Jaishankar argued that the era of powerful countries enforcing rules through unilateral pressure or saying "do it or else" is over, with cooperation now driven by consensus, mutual understanding, and national self-interest.
