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Iran, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia are also joining. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/08/24/iran-saudi-arabia-egypt-uae-arge
by jasfi 3y ago
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia are also joining.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/08/24/iran-saudi-arabia-egypt-uae-argentina-egypt-and-ethiopia-set-to-join-the-brics_6106146_4.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/08/24/i...
Especially with Iran joining it's starting to look very anti-Western.
- toomanyrichies 3y agoIt'll be interesting to see if, and to what extent, they can act in concert in the long term. It's not currently clear to me whether they stand for the same principles or share a common set of values (apart from apparently opposing a Western-centric uni-polar world order). It could be that, by doubling in size, they're actually hindering themselves by "adding more cooks to the kitchen".