“Trump's shadow looms large over BRICS as Modi hosts Putin and Xi in Delhi.” The BBC ran this headline on September 11, just a day before the summit officially opened in New Delhi. Before the declaration was signed, before the leaders sat down to negotiate a consensus, Washington had already entered the story without being invited. BRICS leaders unanimously adopted the New Delhi Declaration on the first day of the summit. Illustration by The Geostrata Within days, Russia was