India at the UN High Table

Coming in the wake of India's record margin of victory in the race for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council, this news confirms India's standing in the world and the contribution it is capable of making on the Council. With such endorsements, however, expectations are high, and India's government will have to think about how they can best be fulfilled.

This is an unusual year at the UN high table. Several powerful states, whose growing global role has made them aspirants to permanent seats on a reformed Security Council, will serve alongside India.