India hosts the BRICS summit, aiming to unify the expanded group. The enlarged bloc now includes major energy producers and consumers, fostering economic cooperation. New Delhi seeks to increase intra-BRICS trade and reduce dollar dependence through local currencies. Energy security presents a clear common interest for the diverse member nations. This summit tests BRICS' ability to find common ground and exert global influence.

BRICS, with its expanded membership, aims to strengthen multilateralism and global dialogue. The group seeks to convert economic complementarity into resilient and dependable…

BRICS has strayed quite far from where it started and the 18th BRICS Summit, in New Delhi, gives India a huge opportunity to bring coherence back to the expanded group

The bloc lacks the mechanism to tackle the currency, trade and inflation spillovers members impose on one another

This article is authored by Prabhu Dayal, former ambassador, New Delhi.

India invites key regional blocs to the BRICS Summit, aiming to enhance collaboration among developing economies in the Global South.

What has happened to the global economic convergence story? How relevant is a group like the BRICS today?