From Cybersecurity To Energy Cooperation: The Significance Of BRICS NSAs Meeting

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New Delhi: India’s hosting of the BRICS National Security Advisers’ (NSA) Meeting next week highlights the increasing salience of non-traditional security challenges in an era marked by geopolitical uncertainty and rapid technological change.

While conventional military threats continue to dominate strategic calculations, policymakers are confronting a new generation of risks arising from cyberattacks, artificial intelligence, transnational terrorism and disruptions to global energy and communication networks.

The June 22-23 meeting, to be chaired by NSA of India Ajit Doval, comes at a time when BRICS itself is evolving from a primarily economic grouping into a broader platform for strategic coordination among emerging powers.

“During the meeting, the National Security Advisers/Heads of Delegation of BRICS member countries will exchange views on the theme ‘Non-traditional security challenges confronting the world today’,” the Ministry of External Affairs stated in a press release on Saturday.

The delegates will also discuss the rapidly evolving nature of national security challenges, as well as the role of new technologies in emerging security threats, according to the statement. “The National Security Advisers/Heads of Delegation will also review the outcomes of the recently held BRICS Joint Working Groups on Counter-Terrorism and on Security in the use of Information and Communication Technologies.”

Coming at a time when the international security environment is being reshaped by geopolitical rivalries, technological disruptions and transnational threats, the meeting reflects an effort by BRICS countries to expand their cooperation beyond economics and development into the strategic and security domain.

From economic group to strategic security forum

BRICS is an intergovernmental organisation comprising 10 countries: Brazil, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Collectively, BRICS…

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