BRICS 2026: India’s summit and the push for dialogue in a fragmented world

BRICS and the art of governing difference

The real test of BRICS is not whether it can eliminate the contradictions of multipolarity. The real test is whether it can learn to govern those contradictions while preserving enough common purpose to act

BRICS 2026: India’s summit and the push for dialogue in a fragmented world

Shishir Gupta said the summit showed that India can maintain relationships across competing geopolitical camps without reducing its foreign policy to a choice.

BRICS 2026: India’s Big Diplomatic Balancing Act in a Fragmented World

India’s hosting of the expanded BRICS summit in New Delhi emerged as a significant diplomatic moment, bringing together countries with competing geopolitical interests amid wars, economic uncertainty and growing tensions over the global order. Speaking on Hindustan Times’ Point Blank, Executive Editor Shishir Gupta argued that the summit demonstrated India’s ability to bring powerful and […] The post BRICS 2026: India’s Big Diplomatic Balancing …