In her latest article for The Diplomat, Shanthie D'Souza describes the "tightrope" that India is walking as it strains to keep the alliance relevant to the Global South without becoming the overt antagonist to the West. D'Souza highlights the internal tensions of the alliance's three major players (China, Russia, and India) and its minilateral groups, which India seeks to direct towards its own security goals. According to D'Souza, India must navigate complex group dynamics while seeking to avoid the alliance becoming either a "Chinese bandwagon or an explicitly anti-Western coalition."