China’s Xi Lands in India for BRICS Summit Overtaken by Wars The 18th BRICS summit is underway in New Delhi, India, where Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived alongside leaders from Russia, Iran, and other key players.
This gathering of influential nations is a complex web of interests and motivations that threatens to upend the fragile balance of power within this grouping.
Initially united by a desire to challenge Western powers in global institutions, the BRICS nations – comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – have struggled to cohere around a shared agenda.