Authors: Harsh V. Pant | Rajoli Siddharth Jayaprakash

Originally Published: Hindustan Times 

Published on: Oct 25, 2024

As India jostles for a greater say on the global stage, platforms like Brics allow New Delhi to amplify its profile and work with other nations on key issues

Twenty heads of State and 36 delegations were in Kazan this week to kick off the 16th Brics summit, the first since the expansion of the five-member grouping last year when Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were granted membership into the organisation. This plurilateral grouping of emerging economies represents more than 35% of the global gross domestic product (GDP) and half of the world’s population. With prospects for further expansion and with discontent brewing among emerging economies about a fragmented geo-economic order not addressing their needs, the global salience of the Brics grouping has only increased; this year’s theme for the Brics, “Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security”, captured this reality.

For full article, please open the link

https://www.orfonline.org/research/the-brics-imperative-for-india

IRSEA IS PARTNER OF ORF.

Professor Harsh V. Pant is Honorary Member of the Romanian Institute for Europe-Asia Studies – IRSEA.

The opinions expressed in this article are the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect the official policy, position or view of IRSEA