Bangladesh, July 9 -- At the 17th annual BRICS summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out an ambitious vision for the future of the bloc, signaling that Indias 2026 chairmanship would mark a turning point. With a renewed focus on the Global South and a proposed rebranding of BRICS as “Building Resilience and Innovation for Cooperation and Sustainability,” Modis remarks underscore a strategic shift-one that seeks to enhance the groups relevance in a rapidly evolving global order.

Modis assertion that India will “define BRICS in a new form” reflects both a rhetorical and substantive attempt to expand the groups influence, particularly among developing nations that have long felt marg...