NATO is a defensive military alliance between North America and some European countries and BRICS are a collection of emerging economies that host an annual sum

NATO is a defensive military alliance between North America and some European countries and BRICS are a collection of emerging economies that host an annual summit. They're not really comparable Also three big players among the BRICS are sort of on opposite sides: Brazil has some ties to the US and India and China aren't exactly on the best of terms.