India will host the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi next month as part of its fourth BRICS presidency, after 2012, 2016, and 2021.
As a grouping whose members differ sharply in their perceptions of the West, their economic interests, and conception of the international order, India will have to ensure that intra-member conflicts do not turn BRICS into an arena for regional rivalries.
This brief explains that the durability of India's BRICS diplomacy will depend on its ability to compartmentalize competing interests: https://www.orfonline.org/research/rebalancing-the-global-order-india-s-brics-strategy
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Rebalancing the Global Order: India’s BRICS Strategy
India’s BRICS presidency aims to strengthen Global South cooperation, economic integration, and global governance reform.
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