A bigger BRICS, shaped by India’s vision
India is preparing to host the 18th BRICS summit, focusing on resilience, innovation, and sustainability. The article suggests that India is successfully recalibrating the bloc's agenda to prioritize economic and cultural cooperation over purely geopolitical maneuvering.
Why it matters
It outlines India's strategic efforts to shape the direction of a major transcontinental alliance amidst global instability.
The BRICS summit in New Delhi (September 12-13, 2026) will be a landmark one for a couple of reasons. First, it takes place against the backdrop of geopolitical turbulence unleashed by a combination of forces: raging wars and conflicts, a breakdown in global governance and the changing nature of global alliances. Second, the BRICS now has 11 prominent members (and about 10 of them who are partner countries) and its collective economic output (in purchasing power parity) outstrips that of the G-7, making it the one of the largest and most important transcontinental grouping outside of the West. Last but not the least, technological forces such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing are being weaponised with both great powers trying to win the battle for tech supremacy.
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