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BRICs

British

/ brɪks /

acronym

Brazil, Russia, India, and China: seen collectively as the most important emerging economies with large potential markets

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Beijing and Moscow lobbied for Iran to join the group of emerging economies known as Brics in 2024.

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The current war accentuates rifts within Brics that have long been apparent.

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So far, Brics hasn’t issued a statement on the war.

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Since the war’s outbreak, Iran has pummeled the U.A.E., a fellow Brics member, with missiles and drones.

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Appeared in the March 12, 2026, print edition as 'The Brics Bloc Is a House of Cards'.

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