Bangladesh, Nov. 16 -- The second BRICS–Europe symposium, held this week in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, delivered a message that is increasingly difficult to ignore: the global political and economic center of gravity is moving eastward, and Europe-whether willingly or through internal fissures-is being drawn into the gravitational pull of a rising Eurasian axis. What began as a modest platform for dialogue between BRICS nations and select European representatives has evolved into a forum symbolizing the widening cracks in Western political unity, as well as the growing appeal of a multipolar global framework.

Hosted by Russias ruling United Russia party and the international movement “The Other Ukraine,” in par...