BRICS Summit: A Blessing in Disguise

... “weak” link in BRICS. This applies not only to unresolved territorial disputes, but also to its strategic resistance to Beijing’s Belt and Road initiative, as well as other issues. Of course, the United States plays the Indian card in its rivalry with China with varying degrees of success. It is not for nothing that, intentionally or not, the ending of the BRICS summit coincided with the announcement that India now is one of the United States’ privileged allies; moreover, hi-tech weapons can now be sold to India. What was it – a general demonstration of support for India, or compensation for the CAATSA,...