The once-mighty White, Western bloc—the self-proclaimed guardians of the post-WWII world order—is in disarray. And who ought to be watching? Indeed BRICS. The bloc, already an economic heavyweight, has grown even stronger since expanding to 10 members last year. Some in the West love to paint it as an anti-Western alliance, but that’s wishful thinking. If anything, BRICS isn’t trying to burn the house down—it just wants a seat at the table, writes Syed Zubair Ahmed for NDTV.
