India, Dec. 28 -- The turbulent year is about to come to an end. We would like to highlight the key themes and issues that have defined the year and how they may shape the discourse and agenda for the coming year.

Rebalancing and realignment of world order: transition from unipolar to multipolar world order. This year and the year to come will see signs of the balancing act that India and other countries must perform between its relationship with Moscow and Beijing on one side and ties with Washington and EU on the other. In this era of fast realignments and pivot by countries, we will see a greater acceleration towards a multipolar world where the US retreat from global dominance as well as emergence of regiopowers such as China, India,...