BRICS 2.0 Amplifies 'Non- West', not 'Anti-West',Trend
The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) bloc has attracted attention in recent years for a multitude of reasons – membership expansion, exploring alternative institutions to post-World War II multilateral institutions, discussing a common currency, and for all these reasons, criticism by Washington, especially after Donald Trump reassumed presidency in 2025. In a unique exercise, this Working Paper combines the analysis of scholars and institutions representing all 10 countries of the enlarged BRICS. This analysis concludes that BRICS 2.0: amplifies a ‘non-West’, not ‘anti-West’, trend; is likely to see growth in membership and influence; has the potential to serve as a bridge between the Global South and North; is likely to largely remain an economic bloc; needs to become more agile and deliver on its potential or risk losing new members who will look for greener pastures; must remain undeterred by US pressure and threats; could expand further and faster, as well as become stronger, amid US’s unpredictable economic and foreign policies; and should encourage the West to convert the perceived challenges into opportunities
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Dr N. Janardhan | Dr Damyana Bakardzhieva | Dr Tingyi Wang | Dr Abdeta Beyene | Dr Alexander Ignatov | Dr Alireza Gholipour | Dr Bassem Kamar | Calvin Khoe | Dr Gustavo de Carvalho | Mohammed Baharoon | Dr Mohan Kumar
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