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India charts a multipolar path

India charts a multipolar path

2 sourcesUpdated 17 Sept 2026, 12:31 am Coverage regionsIndia · Global
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India is pursuing multi-alignment during the BRICS summit in New Delhi.

The New Delhi Declaration was adopted by the eleven economies.

Trade with Western nations remains significant, while trade deficits with China persist.

India continues Russian oil imports alongside its other major ties.

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BRICS is described as large in population and purchasing-power-parity GDP, but structural tensions remain within the bloc.

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The reporting broadly agrees that India is using multi-alignment to manage ties with major powers while BRICS presents both scale and internal contradictions.

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What remains uncertain is how far India can balance these relationships over time, since the reporting notes unresolved contradictions inside BRICS and continuing trade pressures.

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The available reporting says India is practicing multi-alignment at the BRICS summit in New Delhi. It describes the New Delhi Declaration as adopted by the eleven economies and notes India’s simultaneous engagement with Washington, Moscow, and Beijing. The same account says BRICS is large in population and purchasing-power-parity GDP, but structural tensions remain.

Distinctive emphasis — reported claim, not independently verified.Sources: indianarrative.com
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The New Middle: India in a Multipolar World

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This source reports on India's diplomatic strategy of multi-alignment during the BRICS summit in New Delhi, where the eleven economies adopted the New Delhi Declaration. The article details India's simultaneous engagement with Washington, Moscow, and Beijing, noting that trade volumes with Western nations and trade deficits with China persist alongside Russian oil imports. The author observes that while BRICS accounts for a large share of global population and purchasing power parity GDP, structural tensions and unresolved contradictions remain within the bloc.