Pranow Prakash
Political Science
June 2025
This paper investigates the transforming India-Russia partnership within the multilateral context of BRICS and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) regarding strategic opportunities and geopolitical constraints. It discusses how both countries use BRICS and the EAEU to promote a multipolar world order, build defense cooperation, support energy security, build alternate trade and connectivity routes like the INSTC and the Chennai–Vladivostok Corridor, and highlight some emerging collaboration in high-tech areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and digital infrastructure. While there are many positive trajectories, significant challenges inhibit the partnership given the close relationship between Russia and China, India's growing outreach to the West and partnerships such as the Quad, institutional opportunities (or lack thereof) in BRICS and EAEU, Western sanctions on Russia, and India's limited overland connectivity with Central Asia. Using a qualitative approach based on policy analysis and academic literature, this paper analyses the potential of India-Russia multilateral engagement and its implications to ultimately assess its contribution to regional stability, global governance reform, and India's foreign policy strategy.
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