Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in New Delhi for a BRICS summit overshadowed by the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East

Italy

2 SOURCES

Global South: Economic and Protocol Agenda · 7 of 18 countries

Rome is deciphering the BRICS summit in New Delhi mainly through the figures of Russo-Indian trade, focusing on the goal of $100 billion in exchanges between Moscow and New Delhi by 2030 rather than the diplomatic negotiations of the bloc.

Malaysia

2 SOURCES

Global South: Economic and Protocol Agenda · 7 of 18 countries

Kuala Lumpur is counting on the BRICS summit in New Delhi to multiply bilateral meetings for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, placing the economic and trade agenda ahead of the geopolitical tensions crossing the bloc.

Nepal

3 SOURCES

India's South Asian Neighborhood · 4 of 18 countries

Kathmandu is questioning its own silence in the face of the BRICS summit being held at its doorstep, in New Delhi, where India and China, its two most powerful neighbors, are already setting the rules for a nascent multipolar order.

Pakistan

5 SOURCES

India's South Asian Neighborhood · 4 of 18 countries

Islamabad views with suspicion the thaw between India and China in New Delhi, a rapprochement that directly affects the regional strategic balance on which Pakistan depends, as Beijing's historic ally and long-time rival of New Delhi.

Philippines

3 SOURCES

Global South: Economic and Protocol Agenda · 7 of 18 countries

Manila draws from the BRICS summit a platform for ASEAN, more than a rally to the bloc.

Qatar

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Reading through Geopolitical Fault Lines · 5 of 18 countries

Doha is gauging how the war surrounding Iran is fracturing the displayed unity of the BRICS, as Abu Dhabi and Tehran, two members of the bloc, find themselves on openly opposing lines with New Delhi.

Russia

incl. 2 state outlets

5 SOURCES

Moscow-Beijing Duo · 2 of 18 countries

Moscow took away from the New Delhi summit the demonstration of a bloc accounting for more than 40% of global GDP, capable of building its own payment circuits in the face of Western restrictions.

Singapore

2 SOURCES

Global South: Economic and Protocol Agenda · 7 of 18 countries

Singapore sees the BRICS summit in New Delhi as a test of the bloc's trade and energy resilience in the face of Western sanctions and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

South Africa

3 SOURCES

Global South: Economic and Protocol Agenda · 7 of 18 countries

Pretoria is counting on the BRICS summit in New Delhi to amplify the voice of the Global South, driven by the Indian presidency, more than to influence the Ukraine or Middle East files that are dividing the expanded bloc.

Germany

STATE MEDIA

2 SOURCES

Reading through Geopolitical Fault Lines · 5 of 18 countries

Germany sees how the wars in Ukraine and around Iran weigh on the BRICS summit in New Delhi, where Indian strategic autonomy clashes with a China and a Russia that are less aligned than they appear.

Australia

2 SOURCES

Reading through Geopolitical Fault Lines · 5 of 18 countries

Canberra is measuring the Indian paradox: a Quad partner against Beijing, New Delhi remains the largest buyer of Russian oil, a huge gap that the BRICS summit is putting back in the spotlight.

Bangladesh

3 SOURCES

India's South Asian Neighborhood · 4 of 18 countries

Dhaka is measuring its presence at the BRICS summit in New Delhi in light of a bilateral rift with India, stemming from Sheikh Hasina's remarks since the Indian capital, more than from the wars in Ukraine or the Middle East that dominate the bloc's agenda.

China

incl. 1 state outlet

3 SOURCES

Moscow-Beijing Duo · 2 of 18 countries

Beijing is framing the BRICS summit around the thaw with India, presenting Xi Jinping's visit to Delhi as proof of cautious normalization, seven years after his last trip and six years after the 2020 border clash.

Egypt

2 SOURCES

Global South: Economic and Protocol Agenda · 7 of 18 countries

Cairo is capitalizing on this third consecutive summit to anchor Egypt as a relay for the Global South to BRICS markets, rather than on the Ukrainian or Iranian fractures that cross the bloc.

United States

3 SOURCES

Reading through Geopolitical Fault Lines · 5 of 18 countries

The United States downplays the significance of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, counting on divisions between India, China, Russia, and Brazil to neutralize any alternative to the American order.

France

incl. 1 state outlet

3 SOURCES

Reading through Geopolitical Fault Lines · 5 of 18 countries

Paris is deciphering a BRICS+ summit divided by the wars in Ukraine and around Iran, between a hard Russian-Chinese line and an Emirati withdrawal.

India

4 SOURCES

India's South Asian Neighborhood · 4 of 18 countries

New Delhi is measuring the thaw with Beijing in light of Galwan, while hosting Putin and the BRICS bloc under maximum security surveillance.

Indonesia

incl. 1 state outlet

3 SOURCES

Global South: Economic and Protocol Agenda · 7 of 18 countries

Jakarta gauges the New Delhi summit in terms of dedollarization and the commercial margins it opens for Indonesia, a full-fledged member of the BRICS since January 2025, more than the wars in Ukraine or the Middle East that are dividing the bloc.