BRICS Paralysis Undermines Multipolarity

Economic reweighting (China and other emerging economies gaining share) does not automatically translate into coordinated geopolitical power. Recent signs — what the author calls a 'growing paralysis of BRICS' — show institutional friction, weak collective action, and limited capacity to underwrite alternatives to U.S. security, finance, and diplomacy. — If rising economic weight does not equate to replaceable geopolitical power, Western policymakers and commentators must rethink assumptions about inevitable U.S. decline and the shape of global order.