SCO Summit 2025: From Expanded Role to RIC RevivalThe recent SCO Summit in Tianjin has provided India a timely opportunity to reset its ties with China, and also prodded Russia to revive the old Russia, India, and China (RIC) forumTuesday September 2, 2025 11:11 AM , Asad MirzaThe recent SCO Summit in Tianjin has provided India a timely opportunity to reset its ties with China, and also prodded Russia to revive the old Russia, India, and China (RIC) forum. The concept behind RIC troika was simple: Russia, India and China should form a triangle, and work together to counter the growing Western hegemony. Like India, China had also maintained a distance from the RIC troika. For long, Russia has looked for the revival of the RIC, and is holding discussions with India and China for this. Russia, India and China account for USD 53.9 trillion in global GDP (PPP), which is around 33 per cent of the world's total output.