An Indian seat at the global high table

The leaders of the G4 countries—India, Brazil, Japan and Germany—met in New York on Saturday in a summit convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The four leaders “strongly emphasized” that the process of reforming the United Nations (UN) Security Council should be conducted “in a fixed time-frame.”

This gathering was significant for many reasons, though it is still unknown whether this push will be able to put the belated reforms agenda on a faster track, let alone achieve it in the near term. The meeting gains importance from the fact that it marked the determination of the four nations to jointly pursue reforms without undermining the interests of each other.