Tremendous Goodwill, Market For India: Fareed Zakaria To NDTV

The veteran journalist and geopolitical expert also spoke about a possible third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The rise of China is the fundamental reality of international politics and India has become very important because it is the only country in Asia that can provide a "counterweight" to it, Fareed Zakaria has said.

In an exclusive interview with NDTV's Sonia Singh for the NDTV Dialogues, the veteran journalist and geopolitical expert - who has written a new book, 'The Age of Revolutions' - spoke on a range of issues, including challenges to the world order, India's role in that context and the implications of a possible third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

To a question on the revolutions mentioned in his book, especially geopolitics, and the challenges posed by the rise of different countries, the Indian-born American journalist said, "The rise of China and the return of Russia have become the crucial new features of the world order and both of them present a kind of frontal challenge to the existing rules-based international order. India becomes very important in that context because India can provide a kind of ballast or counterweight to China. It's the only country of the size and scale that has the capacity to do that in the long run in Asia."