On 6-7 July the founding BRICS member countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa will convene in Rio de Janeiro, joined by the full freshman class of new ‘BRICS+’ members: Indonesia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE – and Iran. Coming just after the Israeli and US bombing of Iran, the summit will present the first real test of the coalition. BRICS has been touted as a forum for emerging economies to exert collective pressure for inclusive global governance reform, and Brazil wants to champion that mission. But the Iran–Israel war – and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – will likely create dangerous distractions to an effective summit outcome along the lines that Brazil had hoped when it assumed the bloc’s presidency.
Brazil’s BRICS agenda may be hard to accomplish after the Iran–Israel war (Christopher Sabatini – Chatham House)
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