BRICS' Faint Diplomatic Pulse The recent gathering of BRICS nations in New Delhi was a brief respite from the global turmoil, an attempt to project unity amidst an increasingly fractured world order.
The joint statement issued by the 11 member group – which includes China, Russia, Iran, India, as well as South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, and Turkey – calls for "calm" in the Middle East, a region whose conflicts have defined international tensions.
The call to calm is not a vague aspiration but an acknowledgment of the devastating consequences that unchecked conflict has wrought.