With India’s assumption of the G20 and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) presidencies, all roads are leading to New Delhi, more so, with the ongoing Raisina Dialogue, the Indian foreign ministry’s flagship event. On the sidelines of the ongoing event in the national capital and far from the probing eyes of an intrusive media, a delegation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) met with an Indian team comprising both serving and retired officials, including those from the military, on Thursday, sources have told THE WEEK. He said: “An increasingly aggressive China is trying to shape the international rules-based system to suit its authoritarian preferences… We are strengthening our deterrence posture in the Indo-Pacific by developing new concepts and capabilities, deepening our alliances and partnerships, and expanding our activities and operations