BRICS Summit in New Delhi Charts Course on Middle East Crisis and US-China Tensions

The BRICS summit in New Delhi has thrust itself into the center of the Middle East crisis, issuing a joint declaration that calls for "maximum restraint" amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict. The grouping, which includes both Iran and Washington-allied UAE, managed to produce a unified statement despite its members being on opposite sides of the war that has disrupted global oil flows and strangled the Strait of Hormuz. Host India presented the "New Delhi Declaration" as a blueprint...