Diametrically Opposed…Friends?
August 31, 2023
Last week, leaders from leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – formally known as the “BRICS” – assembled in Johannesburg for a (until very recently) largely overlooked three-day summit to discuss expanding the bloc’s membership and moving away from US-dollar dominance. The outcome of the meeting was a major milestone for the otherwise economically and politically disparate group.