Difference and Unity

Source: Junge Welt (Jw) | Original Published At: 2026-09-11 17:30:02 UTC

Key Points

• The article says tensions among BRICS members, especially between India and China, dominate debate before the BRICS summit in New Delhi.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India is described as his first to the Indian capital since 2019, with both sides seeking renewed cooperation despite unresolved rivalry.
• India's alignment with the United States is presented as a structural feature of its foreign policy, even as it temporarily moves closer to China amid US trade pressure.
• The article states that the Iran war exposed further BRICS rifts, including India's and the United Arab Emirates' cooperation with the United States and Israel, limiting consensus on condemning US action against Iran.
• It argues that BRICS is not politically unified, especially after expansion, but that unity is not the group's primary purpose.
• BRICS is described as having been founded because Western-led international organizations denied emerging powers adequate participation, with the goal of continuing their rise economically without the West.
• The New Development Bank is highlighted as a BRICS counterweight to the World Bank and IMF, increasingly lending in member currencies, while South Africa is said to seek more NDB support for projects linked to the African Continental Free Trade Area.