India is preparing to host the BRICS Summit in Delhi, with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expected to be among the key figures in focus. But beyond the summit optics, BRICS faces a major strategic test. As Russia and China continue managing their own relationships with Washington, questions are growing over whether BRICS can remain an effective platform for a multipolar world.

There’s a quiet but unmistakable change taking place in Japan. For decades, Japanese politics was defined by caution. The country has a pacifist constitution. There has been managed ambiguity in its international engagements. Economic power existed without strategic assertion. But something is shifting beneath the surface. A new generation of conservative leaders is emerging. Public attitudes toward security are hardening. And Tokyo is beginning to think of itself not merely

We’re living through a moment of profound global churn. Trust in politics is eroding. Nationalism is surging. Great powers are retreating from the idea that the world can grow together. Instead, they are embracing zero-sum competition, technological supremacy, and national power as the primary source of legitimacy. In this episode of The Great Power Show, Manoj Kewalramani is joined by Pratap Bhanu Mehta , political theorist, public intellectual, and one of sharpest thinkers