The BRICS Fault Line: A Fashion for Fading Alliances? The BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in West Asia has turned into a display of internal tensions, with Iran and the UAE locked in a bitter dispute.
This confrontation reflects deeper fault lines within the grouping itself. The UAE's stance is particularly problematic.
By seeking a condemnation of Iran's actions without acknowledging its own complicity in regional conflicts, Abu Dhabi is essentially asking BRICS to ignore its role in supporting US and Israeli actions against Iran.