With the BRICS Summit coming to a close, it is unclear what has been accomplished.
As Russia continues to press forward with its doomed war in Ukraine and China watches its economic miracle erode, the leaders of both countries are in desperate need of allies. This is what made the BRICS summit, a meeting of the off-and-on alliance between Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, an appealing venue for the increasingly isolated regimes to exert influence and find friends on the global stage.
