Corridors & Coalitions: India’s Dual Strategy in a Multipolar World

Corridors & Coalitions is a strategic geopolitical intelligence brief that unpacks India’s most complex balancing act yet—simultaneously anchoring Western-led trade connectivity while shaping Global South institutional power through BRICS. At a moment when supply chains, infrastructure corridors, and geopolitical alliances are being redrawn, India’s dual engagement strategy offers a blueprint for emerging powers navigating a fragmented world order.

This report examines the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) alongside the rapid expansion of BRICS+, revealing how India leverages each platform for distinct but complementary objectives. IMEC strengthens India’s role in global trade logistics, energy security, and Europe–Asia connectivity, while BRICS amplifies India’s voice on development finance, de-dollarisation, and Global South representation. The analysis explores implementation bottlenecks, regional instability risks, and great-power pressures—while outlining scenarios ranging from partial corridor success to strategic bifurcation under intensifying rivalry.

Designed for policymakers, investors, infrastructure planners, and geopolitical analysts, this digital product clarifies why India’s approach is not contradiction, but calibrated multi-alignment. Those who view global politics through binary lenses will miss the real story unfolding across corridors and coalitions.

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