Than we feared we d be. in geopolitical terms the g7 almost always garners the lion s share of political and media attention in the west, and beyond, but when the bric5 summit began today injohanesburg, not only were brazil, russia, india china and south africa talking about expansion, there is also the ambition to become a counter to western domination as they see it. there s no shortage of countries lining up tojoin brics argentina, belarus, indonesia and nigeria among them, but while the leaders of the five nations are braodly in agreement about that, this morning, at the outset, brazil s president lula de silva insisted that brics is not meant to challenge the g7. here s emir. a greeting fit for the future leaders of the world. or at least those not wanted for arrest.