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Countries like Malaysia and Thailand are flocking to join BRICS as a potential ‘counterweight against U.S. economic ...
BRICS—originally made up of just Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—is going to need a new name. After not adding any new members for 13 years, the non-Western international group welcomed Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United …