Are the BRICS a Threat to the US?

(L-R) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov raise their arms as they pose for a group photograph at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 23, 2023. Alet Pretorious/AFP via Getty Images

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The summit of the so-called BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—has closed with an invitation to join the group extended to Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.