Ajit Doval to Chair BRICS Security Advisors' Meet on June 22-23

India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will chair the BRICS national security advisors' meeting scheduled for June 22-23, 2026, bringing together security leadership from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa to discuss contemporary security paradigms and technological disruptions.

BACKGROUND: BRICS (established 2009) represents major developing economies with combined population exceeding 3.1 billion and significant geopolitical influence. The bloc provides India with leverage in global security discussions, particularly on issues like cyber-threats, terrorism, maritime security, and great power competition. Recent BRICS expansion (2024) added five new members, enhancing its representative capacity.

KEY FACTS: The agenda focuses on 'rapidly evolving nature of national security challenges' and 'role of new technologies'—indicating discussions on AI in warfare, cyber threats, space security, hybrid warfare, and transnational terrorism. Meeting occurs amid Ukraine conflict, Middle East tensions, and Indo-Pacific strategic competition.

WHY IT MATTERS: Demonstrates India's central role in multilateral security forums; provides platform for developing nations' security perspectives; counters Western-dominated security architecture; relevant for South Asian stability and global order discussions.

EXAM ANGLE: BRICS framework; India's multilateral diplomacy; National Security Council structure; contemporary security challenges (cyber, AI, space); India's role in global governance; strategic autonomy; UPSC Mains (International Relations/Foreign Policy); State PSC.