Today, Morgan, Martha, Jess, and Les discuss the ongoing 16th annual BRICS summit hosted in Kazan, Russia. The three-day summit welcomes its newest members Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates as well as the UN Secretary-General. The Kremlin touted the summit as “the largest foreign policy event ever held” by Russia. How concerned should the United States and our allies and partners be about BRICS’ influence? What is the incentive for countries to join BRICS? Do these countries, as well as the UN Secretary-General, attending the BRICS summit give Russian President Vladimir Putin legitimacy? Check out the answers to these questions and more in this episode of Fault Lines. Check out the sources that helped shape our expert's discussion! https://www.reuters.com/world/xi-modi-discuss-ukraine-war-with-putin-brics-considers-expansion-2024-10-23/  https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-brics-summit-china-india-d672be9b1ec2ffd0fba608e8a6aca790  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/world/europe/russia-china-brics.html  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/22/russias-brics-summit-whats-on-the-agenda-and-why-does-it-matter  https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/europe/putin-russia-iran-china-brics-hnk-intl/index.html  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly3ylwg4eqo  https://www.economist.com/international/2024/10/20/putins-plan-to-defeat-the-dollar  Follow our experts on Twitter:  @lestermunson @marthamillerdc  @NotTVJessJones @morganlroach Like what we're doing here?    Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe.    And don't forget to follow @masonnatsec on Twitter! We are also on YouTube, and watch today's episode here: https://youtu.be/6jHUtX8QYWs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.