Context: UN Security Council (UNSC) membership is a card India must play to its advantage, where an aspiring superpower (China) is not just trying to unseat other powers, but also laying the basis for new rule-making.
Analysing China’s power play United Nations: While the UN functions in some sort of a New York-Geneva bubble, autonomous of the realpolitik among nations, China provides a new approach.
Way Forward: India should focus on furthering its core national interests at the high table.