In Delhi this weekend, eleven nations representing nearly half of humanity gather under a name that promises unity but delivers complexity. The Brics summit convenes not to confront Donald Trump directly, but to navigate the gravitational pull of American power — tariff threats, dollar dominance, and the unpredictability of Washington — while each member quietly calculates its own exposure. What was designed as a counterweight to Western institutions has become, through its own expansion, a mirror of the world's contradictions: too large to ignore, too divided to act.