“As a result, the era of AI, EVs, green and clean technologies have brought both hope and anxiety in equal measure. As both market shares and data harnessing are leveraged, national security has become crucial to many economic transactions .”Rooting for multipolarity and the role of India, the minister said, "The transformation of India is critical to strengthening multipolarity in Asia itself, a prerequisite for a multipolar world. India's growing weight will ensure that the overall balance in the world order remains in favour of freedom, openness, transparency and a rules-based order. The challenges facing the global order has only underlined the importance of cooperation and coordination amongst countries, particularly in Asia. This could help de-risk maritime shipping considerably,” he said.Similarly, India's extended interests now reach out to Central Asian states in the north and the Indian Ocean ones to the south.
