For more than a decade, the United States mostly ignored BRICS.
The grouping, formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, rarely registered on Washington’s radar.
Western commentators, for their part, largely painted BRICS as either a sign of Chinese attempts to dominate the global south or little more than a talking shop.
At a summit in Johannesburg last week, the group invited six global south states — Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — to join its ranks.
There are, for example, some differences between the way China and Russia and the global south states view the grouping.
Persons:
Jake Sullivan, ” —, United Arab Emirates —
Organizations:
United, New Development Bank
Locations:
United States, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Johannesburg, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, U.S