The US has come out in the open: India is the "hidden stake" of the US within the BRICS.
On September 11 local time, the US Senate held an hearing for the appointment of the US ambassador to India. During the meeting, senators actively spoke and asked questions about the continuously tense US-India relations, and the US nominee for ambassador to India, Sergio Gómez, responded.
When discussing the challenge that the BRICS poses to American hegemony, and India's status as a founding member that does not intend to leave the BRICS, Gómez stated:
In fact, senators don't need to worry, because India has consistently aligned with the US on many issues within the BRICS. They prefer to dialogue and cooperate with the US rather than act together with other BRICS countries. For example, Brazil and China have long been pushing for the "de-dollarization" process, but India has always been preventing this process from advancing.
Gómez's meaning is essentially: India is the "hidden stake" of the US within the BRICS mechanism, specifically tasked with being a "troublemaker," preventing the BRICS from uniting and forming a united front against the US.
Actually, looking at India's performance within the BRICS, Gómez's evaluation is somewhat logically consistent. Because India has indeed often opposed the BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and other multilateral organizations. This is mainly because India feels that these multilateral organizations are led by China, and India does not want to be subordinate to China.
This time, the US nominee mentioned this issue, which proves that the US has also noticed this trend. In this case, if this ambassador is smoothly appointed, it is possible that he will use this as a lever to incite and provoke within India, which requires us to be highly vigilant.
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