NZZ Erklärt: China, Iran und Russland gemeinsam bei Brics plus: Warum eine neue Weltordnung unwahrscheinlich ist

Dec 14, 2023 | Die Brics-Staaten – Brasilien, Russland, Indien, China und Südafrika – wollen die geopolitische Ordnung verändern und ein Gegengewicht zum Westen bilden. Mit Anfang 2024 wächst die Allianz um sechs Staaten und heisst dann Brics plus. Wir erklären im Video, warum diese Erweiterung nur bedingt Erfolg verspricht.

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The BRICS Group Announces New Members, Expanding Its Reach

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia have been invited to join the club of emerging nations, strengthening its role as a geopolitical alternative to Western-led forums.

The BRICS club of emerging nations announced plans to add new members on Thursday. | Pool photo by Alet Pretorius
In a win for China, the five-nation BRICS club of emerging economies that came together to tilt the international order away from the West announced plans Thursday to expand its membership, feeding concerns about a growing global divide.

The group said that Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia had been invited to join, and that their membership would begin in January.

The BRICS group announced the expansion at a summit in South Africa that attracted a level of global interest rarely seen since its first meeting in 2009. Back then, the group’s name was BRIC, an acronym coined by economists at Goldman Sachs to describe a group of developing nations with rapidly growing economies and populations: Brazil, China, India and Russia. South Africa would join a year later, adding an “S” to the acronym. » | Lynsey Chutel, Reporting from the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. | Thursday, August 24, 2023

If anything demonstrates the STUPIDITY of BREXIT, this development does. In the years ahead, the UK is in grave danger of fading into insignificance. Who are the patriots now, I wonder: Brexiteers or Remainers? How stupid and short-sighted Brexiteers have been. – © Mark Alexander

Vladimir Poutine ne participera pas au sommet des BRICS à Johannesburg

LE MONDE : Au nom du mandat d’arrêt émis par la Cour pénale internationale, l’Afrique du Sud est censée arrêter le dirigeant russe s’il entre sur son territoire.

Le président russe, Vladimir Poutine, ne participera pas au sommet des BRICS prévu fin août à Johannesburg, a annoncé mercredi 19 juillet la présidence sud-africaine, mettant fin à plusieurs mois de spéculations sur le sujet. Cette annonce épargne un épineux dilemme à Pretoria, qui préside le groupe des BRICS (Brésil, Russie, Inde, Chine et Afrique du Sud) et a refusé de condamner l’invasion russe de l’Ukraine. La Russie représentée par Lavrov » | Le Monde avec AFP | mercredi 19 juillet 2023

Capitalism Hits Home: BRICS & The End of US Dominance

Apr 27, 2023 | n this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad discusses the decline of the American empire, both globally and domestically. After WWII, the US was the only industrialized nation that stood strong, helping it ascend to global dominance. Today, however, the world order is shifting. The BRICS economic alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is extremely powerful and widespread, with over 19 more countries hoping to join the alliance. The US dollar is losing its primacy and our country is steeped in debt. Internally, poverty is ever-increasing, corruption is normalized in our politics, and our wealthiest individuals and corporations don’t pay taxes. How did we get here? What can be done? Dr. Fraad tackles these questions and more.

Gravitas: Saudi Arabia Wants to Join BRICS

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has claimed that Saudi Arabia wants to join BRICS. He says Crown Prince MBS showed interest in joining the bloc during his recent meeting with him. Is Riyadh trying to disassociate itself from the West? Molly Gambhir reports.