India must navigate shifting multipolar world carefully, says Ram Madhav

New Delhi, Jun 23: Senior BJP leader and President of the India Foundation, Ram Madhav, has said that India must recalibrate its strategic posture as it enters a new era marked by multipolarity and shifting global alliances. Speaking to news agency ANI, he warned that the global order is undergoing a profound transformation and that India must respond with caution and clarity.

“When we fought with Pakistan recently, we saw a thing,” ram Madhav said. “Earlier, we used to say that behind Pakistan, there is China, but now we are saying behind Pakistan, there is Turkey, which means other powers are rising. We are entering into that multipolar and even heteropolar world,” he told ANI.

According to Madhav, today’s geopolitical realities differ sharply from those of the 20th century, requiring a different strategic mindset. “Today's wars are different from the wars in the last century. India has to calibrate it most carefully now. Our government today understands this reality and is playing its role in a very diligent manner,” said Ram Madhav to ANI.

He further described the current global flux as indicative of a deeper systemic shift. “The kind of turmoil that we are seeing today is actually the symptom of that evolving new world order. We are in the transition phase,” he said. “In the transition, we see great powers, their power being diminished, and new powers from countries like China — they are rising as strong global powers.”

The remarks reflect growing concern in Indian strategic circles over the volatility in West Asia, the increasing assertiveness of regional powers like Turkey, and the long-term implications of a diminished Western-led global order. The India Foundation, which Madhav heads, is a prominent think tank based in new Delhi that  often echoed key strategic themes shaping government policy.