India faces a defining period. Its status as a global power is not only recognized butincreasingly institutionalized, even as geopolitical shifts create both opportunities andchallenges. With critical interests in almost every multilateral regime and vital stakesin emerging ones, India has no choice but to influence the evolving multilateral order.If India seeks to affect the multilateral order, how will it do so? In the past, it had littlechoice but to be content with rule taking-adhering to existing international norms andinstitutions. Will it now focus on rule breaking-challenging the prese