The Iran war looms large as BRICS leaders gather in New Delhi

As diplomats prepare for the BRICS Summit in New Delhi this weekend, the Iran war is looming large.India, which assumed the BRICS chairmanship in January, was already facing the difficult responsibility of securing consensus to achieve concrete movement on a variety of trade, economic, and financial objectives. Now, the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran has dramatically complicated this effort, throwing the global economy into uncertainty and dividing BRICS countries, including some that are actively participating on either side of the conflict. The tensions within the bloc are far more signi