Amid a sluggish global economy and growing threat of terrorism, leaders of BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – met to discuss how to tackle the challenges they face.

CCTV’s Shweta Bajaj attended the summit in Goa, India and has this report.

To discuss the roles of China and India in BRICS:

• Yun Sun is a senior associate in the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center.
• Gautam Adhikari is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress focusing on India foreign relations.

To discuss Brazil and South Africa’s economies:

• Monica Arruda teaches in the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University.
• Ayo Johnson is the founder and director of Viewpoint Africa.