ABOUT THE TOPIC Ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit, the Centre for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), Kochi, in collaboration with Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kottayam, organised a roundtable on “The 18th BRICS Summit: India’s Priorities and the Future of the Global South” on 8 September 2026. The discussion examined BRICS’s evolving role, India’s priorities during…
While the bilateral meeting between PM Modi and President Xi marked a step towards normalcy, differing official readouts on the border issue and other sensitive topics highlight persistent challenges The BRICS 2026 Summit concluded successfully in New Delhi, culminating in the unanimous adoption of the New Delhi Declaration. Beijing will host the next BRICS Summit….
India’s Ministry of External Affairs describes the roughly 10 million Indians in the GCC (Ministry of External Affairs 2026) as a “living bridge” between India and the Gulf (Ministry of External Affairs 2025). This article argues that the diaspora is a stratified network whose tiers are unequally visible in official data and that a middle…
