India is stepping up as a security partner in the Caucasus

Anil Trigunayat is a distinguished fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, a security think tank in New Delhi, and previously served as India's ambassador to Jordan and Libya. He is the author of "West Asian Dynamics and India's Strategic Imperative."

Reverberations from the Ukraine war are shaking up power relations in the Caucasus region, opening the way for India to play a greater role and highlight its potential to be a dependable security partner for countries beyond South Asia.