India-China military tensions undermine BRICS unity, analyst argues grouping lacks coherent strategy

An analyst from ThePrint argues that BRICS — the coalition of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — lacks meaningful cohesion despite its public profile. According to the analysis, India views China as an existential military threat while China regards India and Russia as comparatively weak, and Russia depends on China economically, creating conflicting interests that override shared objectives. The source characterizes BRICS as 'the most irrelevant of all such groupings' relative to its diplomatic visibility, arguing that fundamental geopolitical contradictions between members make coordinated action unlikely.