Brics push for Gulf peace as war worries mount
India-China rapprochement faces obstacles over economic and geopolitical rivalry
Source: Financial Times
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DW NOTE
BRICS has no enforcement mechanism, no shared currency, and members who view each other as strategic rivals. India and China moving toward rapprochement while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and oil hits $100 is diplomatic theater masquerading as collective action. Beijing wants Delhi's market access; Delhi wants Beijing's checkbook; neither wants the other's geopolitical model. The Gulf doesn't need BRICS mediation — it needs Iran to reopen the Strait it closed two months ago.