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India's 2026 presidency inherits the problem of managing a larger and less aligned BRICS
Key takeaways
- BRICS expansion has shifted the group from a five-member coordination club into a broader platform competing to represent parts of the Global South.
- The central challenge now is governance, because every added member or partner increases geopolitical reach while making consensus harder to sustain.
- Indonesia's admission, the partner-country track, and Saudi Arabia's unresolved status show that BRICS expansion is now a continuing process rather than a single 2023 decision.
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