WILLIAM GUMEDE | Brics by Brics, slowly breaking the shackles of the West

Enlarging Brics to include the oil producers is likely to accelerate the de-dollarisation of the world

21 March 2023 - 19:40

One significant impact of the Russia-Ukraine war will be to accelerate the expansion of the Brics trade alliance from its current members of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This will speed up the remaking of the post-Cold War global political power dynamics, financial make-up and ideological systems...

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