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BRICS and the Emerging New World Order

The countries of the Global South don't want to blindly follow the West because they are not sure if the West will survive in its current form. But they don't want to tie themselves up with China either, and certainly not with Russia.

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By Matias Spektor
Published on Aug 28, 2023

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Matias Spektor

Former Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Matias Spektor was a nonresident scholar affiliated with the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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