BRICS is growing, but will it really challenge the US-led world order?

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In this episode, US bureau chief Bhagyashree Garekar hosts Sarang Shidore, director of the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute, about the BRICS summit held at New Delhi on 12 - 13 September 2026.

Published Sep 18, 2026, 06:00 PM

Updated Sep 18, 2026, 06:00 PM

Synopsis: Every third Friday of the month, The Straits Times gets its US Bureau Chief to analyse the hottest political and trending talking points.

In this episode, US Bureau Chief Bhagyashree Garekar chats with Sarang Shidore, the director of the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute in Washington DC.

In a conversation taking stock of the grouping’s annual meeting in New Delhi on Sept 12-13, he calls BRICS an “interesting experiment” that is worth studying.

Like ASEAN, it operates on consensus but has no charter. BRICS has been on a membership drive and now covers nearly all the regions outside of the wealthy western world.

BRICS comprises 11 members - Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates. It has now has ‘partner countries’ including the likes of Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

US President Donald Trump has blasted the grouping, suspecting it of wanting to supplant the US dollar, the world’s leading currency. But de-dollarisation is not on the horizon, Shidore says.

Instead, the body is asking for “modest, not revolutionary” reforms in the world order.

Highlights (click/tap above):

1:40 Why should Asean care about BRICS?

6:50 What the New Delhi summit achieved

11:50 What does Trump see in BRICS?

19:30 ‘Competition within cooperation’: The China-India dance

27:10 US vs China: Destined to clash over AI in BRICS nations?

33:15 What are Beijing’s goals when it chairs BRICS in 2027?

37:45 Is BRICS ever going to create an alternative world order?

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在本期节目中，美国分社社长巴格亚什里·加雷卡尔 (Bhagyashree Garekar) 与昆西研究所全球南方项目主任萨朗·希多尔 (Sarang Shidore) 讨论了 2026 年 9 月 12 日至 13 日在新德里举行的金砖国家峰会。

发布于2026年9月18日下午6:00

更新于2026年9月18日下午6:00

概要：每月第三个星期五，《海峡时报》都会邀请其美国分社社长分析最热门的政治和流行话题。

在本期节目中，美国分社社长 Bhagyashree Garekar 与华盛顿特区昆西研究所全球南方项目主任 Sarang Shidore 进行了对话。

在一次对9月12日至13日在新德里举行的金砖国家年会进行总结的谈话中，他称金砖国家是一个“有趣的实验”，值得研究。

与东盟一样，金砖国家也以共识为基础运作，但没有章程。金砖国家一直在积极吸纳成员国，如今已涵盖除富裕西方世界以外的几乎所有地区。

金砖国家由11个成员国组成——巴西、中国、埃及、埃塞俄比亚、印度、印度尼西亚、伊朗、俄罗斯、沙特阿拉伯、南非和阿拉伯联合酋长国。目前，马来西亚、泰国和越南等国也加入了金砖国家的“伙伴国”行列。

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普猛烈抨击了该组织，怀疑其意图取代美元——世界主要货币。但希多尔表示，去美元化目前还不现实。

相反，该机构要求对世界秩序进行“温和的，而非革命性的”改革。

亮点（点击/轻触上方）：

1:40 为什么东盟应该关心金砖国家？

6:50 新德里峰会取得了哪些成就

11:50 特朗普看中了金砖国家的什么？

19:30 “合作中的竞争”：中印舞蹈

27:10 美国与中国：注定会在金砖国家的人工智能领域发生冲突？

33:15 北京在2027年担任金砖国家轮值主席国时的目标是什么？

37:45 金砖国家有可能建立起另一种世界秩序吗？

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