Summit Season: SCO, BRICS, Trump-Xi Signal Competing Orders, India Navigates

A spate of summits—SCO, BRICS, and a potential Trump-Xi meeting—reveals competing visions of global order, with India balancing between Western and Eurasian blocs. The piece analyzes how India's participation in these forums reflects its strategic hedging amid great-power rivalry. The outcome of these summits could reshape regional alignments, but concrete decisions remain uncertain.