On 10 July 2025, Ram Madhav, President of think tank India Foundation, discussed his book The New World: 21st Century Global Order and India at Gateway House with Sifra Lentin. He urged India to prioritise its neighbourhood and the Indo-Pacific, boost investment in tech and R&D, and adopt “heteropolarity” to understand global shifts driven by non-state actors. He also cautioned against conflating competition with conflict in India-China relations.