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Malaysia to Join BRICS

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79 points eatonphil | 3 comments | 18 Jun 24 09:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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. throwawayccp ◴[18 Jun 24 11:48 UTC] No.40716651[source]▶
As a long as India & Brazil in the group, China can't turn it into an anti-western group without a doubt.

America should take QUAD to the next level ASAP

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2. alephnerd ◴[18 Jun 24 12:55 UTC] No.40717272[source]▶
> America should take QUAD to the next level ASAP

India doesn't want that, because India uses Russia as a mediator with China [0][1][2], and India wants to maintain the current status quo.

[0] - https://eastasiaforum.org/2020/10/23/how-russia-emerged-as-k...

[1] - https://www.orfonline.org/research/the-india-factor-in-china...

[2] - https://www.nbr.org/publication/india-and-the-quad-when-a-we...

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3. alisonatwork ◴[18 Jun 24 13:13 UTC] No.40717456[source]▶
The US, Japan and Australia want to maintain the current status quo too. It's China that is salami-slicing in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, looking to expand military bases around the world, increasing its nuclear stockpile etc.