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Might test the BRIC alliances. Russia and Brazil probably won't agree on this one.
by jhamburger 15y ago
Might test the BRIC alliances. Russia and Brazil probably won't agree on this one.
- rglullis 15y agoWhat BRIC alliances? BRIC countries are just clumped together for being developing economies that are going through similar experiences, but it is far from being a political-economic group. Quite the opposite, actually.
- jhamburger 15y agoThere has been an annual BRICS summit attended by the leaders on the 5 nations since 2009. Clearly it's a bit more than a clever media acronym.
- rglullis 15y agoCorrect, but I wouldn't say this can be called an "Alliance". Even the members of this group are hard to precise. Some would put Korea, some would put Nigeria, some would put Indonesia, etc. "BRIC" is no NATO, or anything that resembles some formal structure. The "BRIC" countries are getting into multi-lateral agreements, yes, but there is no "BRIC" organization. While the summit is used to conduct agreements between Russia and China, or Brazil/China/India, there is no "BRIC alliance".