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Malaysia to Join BRICS

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79 points eatonphil | 2 comments | 18 Jun 24 09:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.438s | source
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JumpCrisscross ◴[18 Jun 24 11:32 UTC] No.40716508[source]▶
BRICS expanding cements its role as a Chinese geopolitical project, and underlines India’s loss of power within it [1]. (Russia used to balance the scales, but that’s no longer an option.)

It isn’t explicitly anti-American yet. But if it takes that tack, I’d expect Egypt, the UAE and India to drop out while leaving Malaysia in an uncomfortable place.

[1] https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/china-...

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1. boffinAudio ◴[18 Jun 24 11:47 UTC] No.40716649[source]▶
>It isn’t explicitly anti-American yet.

It is certainly not pro-petrodollar.

Which, given the blood the petrodollar spills, is probably a good thing for billions of people to get behind.

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2. JumpCrisscross ◴[18 Jun 24 11:55 UTC] No.40716710[source]▶
> is certainly not pro-petrodollar

As in it’s not an anachronism from the 1970s, yes. BRICS (né BRIC) wasn’t coined until 2001 [1].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC