REPORT: BRICS 2026: Economic Ambitions, AI Innovation and a Shifting Global Order
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REPORT
By: Usanas Editorial Team
Usanas Foundation organised a roundtable conference, “BRICS 2026: Economic Ambitions, AI Innovation, and a Shifting Global Order,” bringing together eminent experts to discuss the evolving role of BRICS. Dr. Abhinav Pandya, CEO and Founder, Usanas Foundation, delivered the opening remarks, highlighting the evolving geopolitical landscape surrounding BRICS and the SCO. Dr. Victoria Panova, Head of the BRICS Expert Council, Russia, delivered the keynote address, emphasizing the need for BRICS to move beyond political declarations towards practical cooperation. Amb. Anil Trigunayat, former Ambassador to Jordan, Malta, and Libya, began the discussion by highlighting BRICS’ potential across the "4Gs", i.e., geopolitics, geoeconomics, georeligion, and geotechnology, while emphasizing the need to bridge the mutual trust deficit among participating nations.
Panelists: Amb. Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House; Cleo Paskal, Research Fellow, Future Security Initiative, Arizona State University; Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, Professor of Chinese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Col. Rajeev Agarwal, Senior Research Consultant, Chintan Research Foundation.
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