Brazil, India, and South Africa seem odd bedfellows with increasingly authoritarian China and Russia. I have no doubts they'll all increase trade together, inc

Brazil, India, and South Africa seem odd bedfellows with increasingly authoritarian China and Russia. I have no doubts they'll all increase trade together, including military hardware, but establishing a reserve currency requires trust and dependency. Those seem heavy loads for the ties of pragmatism and convenience that bind BRICS together.