RIC, BRICS and SCO will have the unenviable task of managing bilateral divergences, setting the future agenda and retaining relevance for its constituents – all in the midst of contestation about structure of a future world order, writes Nivedita Kapoor, Junior Fellow with Observer Research Foundation’s Strategic Studies Programme. The article is published as part of the Valdai Club’s Think Tank project, continuing the collaboration between Valdai and Observer Research Foundation (New Delhi)

China will send its military personnel to participate in the International Army Games (IAG) 2020, which are expected to be held from August 29 to September 5, Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang said

The Sino-Indian clash puts Russia in an awkward position

The foreign ministers of BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - will hold a meeting in Moscow in September, Ambassador to Russia Venkatesh Varma said

In a webinar on ‘Russia-India Relations and Pandemic Test of Global Governance’, Russian Ambassador to India, Nikolay R. Kudashev, said, “We are very satisfied with the cooperation with India in the bilateral format as well as in the framework of BRICS, especially amid the Russian Chairmanship in the grouping in 2020”

The Russian government has approved talks between Russia and India on the terms of sending military to each other, according to an order published