New Delhi: BRICS wasn’t imagined as an anti-west group. But, as Richard Fontaine and Gibbs McKinley point out in Foreign Affairs , geopolitical churn is sending the 10-country group in a new direction.

“Over the past decade, China and Russia have ramped up their efforts to steer their fellow BRICS members toward a worldview contrary to Washington’s interests,” says the report .

Fontaine and McKinley also zero in on the breakdown of India-US ties, citing the equation as a key factor in the BRICS reconfiguration. The group is named for its first five members, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Show Full Article

“And then, at the drop of a hat, (US President Donald) Trump upended the relationship. He antagonized New Delhi by repeatedly insisting that he had ended the May

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