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  After the August 2023 BRICS Summit, Con Coughlin —defense and foreign affairs editor at The Daily Telegraph —claimed "the challenge BRICS presents to the established world order seems destined to failure" and accused the organization of being used by China as a vehicle for expanding its global influence. Coughlin also noted the contradictions within the organization, such as the border dispute between China and India, and called for greater Western engagement with India as part of a new strategic alliance.
  
  In 2024, Jim O'Neill comments the grouping merely generates rhetoric and symbolism.