What If BRICS Became a Military Alliance?

In late October 2024, a collection of leaders and dignitaries hailing from 36 world nations descended upon the city of Kazan in Russia, boasting some truly stunning architecture, over a million residents and the status of the capital of the Russian Republic of Pakistan.

Kazan is a vibrant city that makes a habit of welcoming tourists all across the globe, but on this occasion, the city's visitors had come strictly on business, made up of delegations from places as far-flung as China, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, Malaysia and dozens more.

Kazan's foreign visitors weren't there to celebrate Russian President Vladimir Putin, nor to engage in geopolitical pageantry, nor to even plead with Putin to stop the war in Ukraine.