The RIC Troika and the Legal–Political Reconfiguration of Global Governance: Sanctions, Institutional Innovation, and North–South Power Rebalancing
Journal: AI Law Politics
Year: 2025

This article examines the Russia–India–China (RIC) Troika as an informal coordination mechanism operating at the intersection of global governance, legal–political authority, and multipolar order-building. Rather than treating RIC as a proto-alliance, the study conceptualises it as a consultative nucleus that shapes reform agendas through narrative alignment and forum spillover into institutional “amplifiers” such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The analysis is guided b