The Phantom of RIC Trilateral

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin was marked by significant representation from the Global South, reminding that the organisation comprises 26 countries, including 10 full members, two observers, and 14 dialogue partners.

Yet, one episode arguably stole the whole show. Images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir Putin smiling during an informal conversation have widely circulated in the media, with some outlets billing this as a "shift in global power dynamics" or a "redrawn geopolitical map".

The Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral covered a wide range of areas, from global and regional politics, trade, investment, and healthcare, to education. In some ways, in India’s policy calculus, RIC deliberations were seen as reiterating the outputs from the #BRICS and #SCO—the former’s global governance agenda and the latter’s Eurasian security focus.

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