India´s engagement with the global economic order

India, the world’s largest democracy, is today the world's sixth-biggest economy and is widely referred to as the “bright spot” in the global economy still struggling to the recover from the 2008 crisis. Economic liberalization and internationalization initiated in the 1990s has steadily gained traction leading India to move from being a marginal participant to a deeply engaged partner in the global economic order with an active and visible presence. India’s “increasing weight in the global economy” is also dramatically transforming its political and strategic importance in the evolving post-Cold War world order