The expansion of BRICS marks one of the most significant developments in contemporary global politics, reflecting the growing influence of emerging powers and increasing dissatisfaction with Western-dominated international institutions. Wit...
India’s assumption of the BRICS 2026 chairmanship comes at a critical geopolitical moment marked by intensifying U.S.–China rivalry, expanding BRICS+ membership, and growing demands for a more multipolar international order. While the platf...
This paper critically examines whether BRICS constitute a civilizational challenge to Western liberal internationalism, as suggested in some scholarly debates. Drawing on constructivism, institutionalism, realism, and postcolonial theory, t...
Strategic autonomy is the ability of a nation to make independent foreign policy decisions based on national interests without being aligned to a singular bloc. India’s strategic autonomy, deeply rooted in its colonial history and the princ...
The post-Cold War era has been marked by rapid change in global geopolitics, with a steady transition from the USA’s unipolar moment to a multipolar world and the creation of new alliances for trade as well as military purposes. In such a g...
The year 2021 marked two decades since the term "BRICS" was first used by former Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill in the early 2000s to refer to the four rapidly developing nations that appeared most likely to start catching up to the We...
