The new National Security Strategy of the United States, the first of Biden's administration, outlined the government's intentions for dealing with China, Russia, and its consideration of India, as well as its perceptions towards these countries. It mentioned Russia as an aggressor, China as “America’s most consequential geopolitical challenge” and India as the “world’s largest democracy and a major defence partner of the US”.

“We are very conscious of the expanding threats posed by radicalism, fundamentalism, and terrorism to African societies. These have been the subject of our contemporary agenda of cooperation.” - Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minster of External Affairs, India[1]

In November 2022, COP27 will take place in Egypt. In this podcast episode, Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) discusses with Olivia Rumble and Andrew Gilder some questions related to COP27 were discussed along with Africa's stake in the current negotiation. They also explored how India and Africa can work together under the South-South framework. Olivia Rumble and Andrew Gilder both work at Director level in Climate Legal, an environment and climate change legal advisory consultancy based in South Africa.