Phase IFoundation
Background
Overview
This phenomenon directly challenges India's strategic autonomy, impacts its trade, energy security, and foreign policy choices, necessitating a robust and coordinated national response to safeguard its interests.
Weaponised interdependence describes how states leverage control over critical global networks (e.g., financial systems, shipping routes, digital infrastructure) to exert pressure on other states or entities. Secondary sanctions are a key tool, penalizing third-party actors for engaging in transactions with a primary target, even if those transactions are legal under their domestic laws.