This edition of India Today Global focusses on the geopolitical fallout from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. The summit, which saw India, China, and Russia display a united front, rattled the US, leading to a series of critical statements. A top trade advisor stated, “It’s, it was a shame to see Modi getting in bed as the leader of the biggest democracy in the world with the two biggest authoritarian dictators in the world in Putin and Xi Jinping.” The growing “dragon-elephant bond” is seen as a challenge to US hegemony, intensifying the ongoing tariff crisis. The programme also analyses the upcoming BRICS virtual meeting aimed at countering the US’ trade policies and compares the economic muscle of BRICS against the internally divided SCO, which includes both India and Pakistan.
