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| The struggle of blocks of influence: with the expansion of the BRICS, everything is not so simple |
| 2023-08-28 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Olga Kuznetsova [REGNUM] The main outcome of the 15th BRICS Leaders Summit, which ended in Johannesburg on August 24, was the adoption of a decision on the potential expansion of the bloc in 2024. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Argentina received invitations to join the BRICS. But you shouldn't jump too high for joy. Full membership of the listed countries should begin only from January 1, 2024, and before that, you should remember the difference between such words as “acceptance” and “invitation”. And it depends not so much on the leadership of the BRICS, but on the legislative approval process in some of the above-mentioned states. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #8 Yeah, it's a good bet that a couple second tier nuclear powers go at it and everyone else has to choose a side or hope the wind blows in a felicitous direction. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-08-28 14:35 |
| #7 The Bi-Polar World, alert to the genuine reality of MAD, was a far safer, and frankly, saner, place than what is emerging now. The progress and prosperity of the American Century has been squandered and frankly, ignored by the children of elite privilege who are certain modernity means better in all things. Their lives of un-imagined human comfort even twenty years ago, are assumed to be the norm, the lessons of history unread amidst the reams of progressive curricula on gender-studies and Zinn-edited textbooks. The genuine foundational matrix of policy, institutional linkages, cultural confidence, and allegiance that under- girds it all, has atrophied and decayed to the point of collapse in many areas. Their ignorance blinds them to the Marxist Pied-Pipers who are the hands behind the increasingly risible Puppet Show. We are not Tango-Uniform, but we are in deep, deep kimchi! For the still-robust, your crucible begins, for the capable, lend a shoulder to the shield-wall, for the spent who did not prepare, BOAKYAG! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-08-28 13:46 |
| #6 half are closed to failed states, many are dictatorships, and all their economies and debt ratios are worse than the USA And several of the countries hate each other and won't agree on anything. Argentina is just there for a hopeful handout. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2023-08-28 13:00 |
| #5 ^the important thing, is the end of the monopolar world. |
| Posted by: Grom the Kindly 2023-08-28 12:51 |
| #4 "becoming a new center of influence on the world stage." Only because it is new and sparkly. Any massive trade union deserves to be recognized. But BRICS being a center of influence is... hmmm, i doubt it. BRICS is mostly third world, half are closed to failed states, many are dictatorships, and all their economies and debt ratios are worse than the USA. The new BRICs currency will not be back by gold, fanfiction, it will be another fiat currency, and its main benefit will be a currency that can skate around US Sanctions. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-08-28 12:46 |
| #3 Appears the feeble attempt by the "Biden" Administration to offer a nuke program to the House of Saud wasn't enough. Plus the Saudis probably hate Biden's guts. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-08-28 06:53 |
| #2 wow. Ethiopia and Argentina? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-08-28 06:38 |
| #1 Gee, and remember the humble economic beginnings of the European Union, the European Coal and Steel Community from the 1950's. Look out that turned out (geography aside). |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-08-28 00:10 |