New Delhi hosted the annual BRICS Summit on September 12 and 13, welcoming the heads of state of member nations. BRICS is a security and economic bloc created as a counterweight to the American-led world order and largely considered to be led by China. Its name acronym refers to its initial members –
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – but it has since welcomed as full members
Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Indonesia. BRICS also created a second-tier “partner” status that includes a host of rogue states, including Cuba and Belarus, that appears to be a model the European Union is now interested in
emulating.