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BRICS Member Countries

Can you name the members of the "BRICS" group of countries which was originally just an investing acronym but which is now an actual economic alliance?
Note: Argentina has announced that it will not join BRICS after all
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Last updated: January 11, 2024
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Original members
B
Brazil
R
Russia
I
India
C
China
Added in 2010
S
South Africa
Joining 2024
Egypt
Ethiopia
Iran
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
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Level 84
Aug 24, 2023
I didn't know about the 2024 expansion, but I managed to guess all of the newcomers with almost two minutes to spare.
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Level 46
Jan 4, 2024
Argentina dropped out in the last minute LMAO
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Level 95
Aug 24, 2023
Most are communist or socialist countries, so no problem: Destined for failure
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Level 66
Aug 24, 2023
They aren't communist, to be fair, but still it's not looking good.
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Level 62
Aug 24, 2023
You want to say theocratic Iran and Saudi Arabia, monarchist UAE, conservative Russia, Brazil and Egypt is communist? In BRICS only China is communist
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Level 70
Aug 31, 2023
China is not a communist country.
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Level 17
Aug 31, 2023
what do you mean china isnt a communist country? how?
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Level 65
Aug 31, 2023
It does not follow the form of communism defined by Karl Marx. It clearly embodies a capitalist country; it just claims to be communist.
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Level 23
Aug 31, 2023
China is a fascist nation or more accurately national socialism. They conquer their neighbors while practicing extreme capitalism. The government has ultimate power, which it uses to subjugate its citizens in the name of assimilation through concentration camps. China is more national socialist because their nationalism is based on religion, where they religiously praise their government and predecessors like Mao Ze Dong and the Chinese "Communist" Party, CCP.
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Level 76
Sep 6, 2023
China conquering their neighbors? What? Other than Tibet, which happened 70 years ago and is a region that had been part of China before, they're hardly expansionist.
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Level 79
Jan 11, 2024
I mean they have been threatening Taiwan for a while now and have had border clashes with India. Also, they clearly try to overthrow minorities within their border and force them into Chinese assimilation (which could be seen as kind of trying to conquer them)
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Level 56
Jan 13, 2024
I agree with Ferbin actually. China is hardly an expansionist compared to the likes of other empires like the british empire and such.

Taiwan was part of China during the Qing dynasty. That is why they are claiming it.

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Level 76
Mar 27, 2024
@lexxie "Overthrow" would imply those minorities would be in a place of prominence. In any case, that's not expansionism. It's a domestic issue. You're really stretching it with "kind of trying to conquer them". No, conquering in geopolitical terms means incorporating another territory by means of force, be them of arms or otherwise. Expansionism is wanting to progressively extend a state's territorial control beyond its borders, i.e. to expand. Both terms are related but not the same. And none of this applies to things happening within said borders.

As for the India border dispute, many countries have those, that doesn't make them expansionist. Now, if China wanted to continually gain territory by disputing borders with other countries and effectively trying to acquire them, you could claim they are expansionist; but that is not the case.

You could argue their maritime claims to be expansionist, but they certainly do not constitute an instance of "conquering their neighbors".

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Level 71
Aug 31, 2023
Even China isn't communist actually
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Level 39
Sep 2, 2023
no
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Level 14
Aug 31, 2023
Brazil is not a conservative country.

China is not a communist country.

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Level 66
Aug 24, 2023
There is only one comunist country wym??
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Level 84
Aug 24, 2023
Only C is commie, the rest are quite a mixed pack.

B is currently led by a conservative so conservative, he would deem some GOPers as left-wings.

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Level 86
Aug 24, 2023
I assume you are referring to Bolsonaro, who was replaced as president of B at the beginning of this year.
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Level 36
Aug 31, 2023
Brazil is currently led by a liberal
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Level ∞
Aug 24, 2023
It's basically a grab bag of countries that are not strongly aligned with the U.S. There doesn't seem to be any raison d'être and my guess is that China pays for the whole thing.
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Level 72
Aug 31, 2023
I’d love to know what raison d’etre brings Iran and Saudi Arabia into the same alliance! I can’t help but feel like these meetings may produce some fireworks…
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Level 71
Jan 12, 2024
Yeah, funny how they decided to bring along Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, 3 members of OPEC who are among the top oil producers in the world, right during the middle of a huge oil crisis. And factoring in Egypt too, their new members don't looks particularly geographically diverse, do they?
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Level 73
Aug 26, 2023
Definitely better than Venezuela, which is your home country it seems ;)
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Level 72
Aug 26, 2023
None as bad as Venezuela though lmao
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Level 66
Aug 31, 2023
China is the only communist country of these.
+9
Level 54
Aug 31, 2023
And even that is dubious.
+1
Level 66
Jan 27, 2024
gotta love communist billionaires
+7
Level 68
Aug 31, 2023
you must be an American
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Level 89
Aug 31, 2023
Why? Because they made an ignorant comment? Their profile says they're located in Venezuela.
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Level 76
Mar 27, 2024
So defensive. No, I'm guessing it's because of red scare. If someone on the Internet shouts "those dirty commies!", my first guess is they're from the US. Especially when the term is applied without evidently knowing its meaning, and to countries that are very far from being communist (or socialist, for that matter) but who, curiously, happen to be unaligned with, or downright hostile to, the US.

And this is not an unfounded prejudice. After all, and just to name one example, only in the US is free healthcare seen as a ruinous commie notion, while it's widely accepted even by cosiderably conservative countries like the UK; and implemented all throughout the developed world, and even some parts of the developing one.

Of course, people like that are everywhere, it's just that the US has a significantly higher percentage of them. So it's a matter of odds.

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Level 81
Aug 24, 2023
today listening on radio
+31
Level 82
Aug 24, 2023
I have a feeling that the new acronym may not be as catchy.

ie, sauce ribs?

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Level 79
Aug 26, 2023
sounds pretty catchy to me
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Level 60
Jan 12, 2024
No more A. Now "Curse Sib".
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Level 62
Aug 24, 2023
I am glad to see future new members. I sincerely hope that friendship will grow between the BRICS members, and it will become more important and useful than it is now.
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Level 64
Aug 31, 2023
Almost impossible given how most of the countries hate other members.

Egypt & Ethiopia

Saudi Arabia/UAE & Iran

China & India

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Level 29
Aug 31, 2023
one could say that before 1945 germans "hated" frenchmen or that before 1830 frenchmen hated the brits and few years later they became strong allies.

In not so extreme cases you have japan and south korea, USA and mexico, Argentina and England,...

Geopolitics tends to be more complicated than pre-school backyard drama (even though the complexity of the last one should not be underestimated)

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Level 62
Sep 3, 2023
In fact, China has managed to reconcile the Saudis and the Iranians to some extent, I think their relations will continue to soften. The problem of Ethiopia and Egypt, I think, is even easier to fix. But India and China clearly have disagreements, besides, India is clearly playing some kind of game of its own
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Level 75
Jan 14, 2024
Re-establishing diplomatic relations (on paper), can hardly be interpreted as reconciliations.
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Level 88
Aug 24, 2023
Russia is going to be overtaken by China and India very soon. Which nation’s moon lander crashed this week and which nation’s moon lander was a success? Also Russia’s population is shrinking and it’s economy too. It will be interesting to see who succeeds in Africa the most. China, through investment, or Russia, through force.
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Level 62
Aug 24, 2023
Russia has already been overtaken by China and India in many aspects. Although the Russian economy is not as weak as it may seem.

It is sad that the Luna-25 satellite crashed, although this is not the only case, the same Chandrayan-2 crashed, but now India was able to land the satellite successfully. On the other hand, India launched the first satellite quite successfully, unlike Russia, which failed it the first time. But the fact that Russia launched the satellite according to plan, contrary to the stories about the economy torn to shreds, is quite commendable

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Level 43
Jan 4, 2024
Agreed, Russia is declining and has already been passed by India and China in a lot of categories. Both countries have a higher GDP, population, and a lot of other categories as well. While Russia still has a lot of nuclear firepower, they can't really deploy most of it because of MAD. Russia also has a declining population, and has failed to win the Russo-Ukranian war (It's a standstill right now).
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Level 62
Jan 5, 2024
I would dispute your statement. Yes, although Russia is not a competitor to India and China now (Russia, in principle, has much less economic potential than these two), but it is far from a collapsing state with nuclear weapons. Yes, Russia does not have enough potential for the position of superpower that it so wants to occupy (the only way is to create a highly efficient mechanized economy like Japan/Germany/South Korea, but it irretrievably lost this chance when the West took Russian scientists and inventions to itself in the 1990s, and will no longer receive them), however, it is a powerful military force, a very large exporter of raw materials (no matter how much other countries would like to get rid of dependence, but Russian raw materials are too large) and the same food. And besides, it is still impossible to judge whether Russia lost the war, although many things clearly went wrong as the leadership wanted
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Level 66
Aug 24, 2023
I was about to start a test in college and saw the announcement of the new brics members. It felt like the avengers for geopolitics nerds xD
+7
Level 71
Aug 24, 2023
What’s BRICS going to be called in 2024? BRICSAEEIUS?
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Level 62
Aug 24, 2023
They said that the name would not change. I think the original name will simply lose its original meaning
+25
Level ∞
Aug 24, 2023
Bricosaurus!
+9
Level 93
Aug 25, 2023
Isis Cube era?
+10
Level 84
Aug 25, 2023
RUSSIA BE ICE

RICE IS ABUSE

BECAUSE, IRIS!

CRUISE IS BARE

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Level 70
Aug 31, 2023
A BEAU CRISIS
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Level 52
Aug 31, 2023
I hope Nicaragua, Namibia or New Zealand soon join the club :)
+1
Level 66
Aug 31, 2023
Is this a Justin Vernon song?
+4
Level 36
Aug 31, 2023
BRICSQIA+
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Level 66
Aug 31, 2023
It will be styled simply as BRICS+.
+1
Level 71
Aug 24, 2023
What keeps Turkey out of it?
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Level 54
Aug 24, 2023
I’m not entirely sure, but I’d say being in NATO probably has something to do with it.
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Level 93
Aug 25, 2023
Well, NATO membership did't stop them from from purchasing C400s from Russia. On the other side, Turkey and Russia are big rivals in Caucasus, Syria, Libya, you name it. Not that easy and one layered...
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Level 72
Jan 11, 2024
Being rivals hasn't stopped any others from joining.
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Level 84
Aug 24, 2023
Would you think R and C are gonna be so chill with sharing the table with a NATO country?
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Level 76
Aug 25, 2023
It looks like geopolitical conflicts won't prevent any country from joining BRICS. Two thirds of the new entrants are rivals with another entrant, and two of the original four members are famous for their animosity towards each other.
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Level 50
Jan 12, 2024
Turkey may join, they are at odds with the west, won't ever be part of the EU, and desperately need an alliance. If Saudi Arabia and Iran can join the BRICS while hating each other, Turkey certainly can too.
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Level 85
Aug 24, 2023
It's an interesting idea but the countries are far too varied in terms of economics and culture. Iran and Saudi Arabia have a proxy war in Yemen. India and China have border disputes. Russia and China clash in Africa. and on and on. Some are developed economies, others resource based and some developing. Some are European based immigrant countries, others are Islamic Arab, and more. Some are capitalist, some autocratic and corrupt, and an other communist.
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Level 84
Aug 24, 2023
It really does seem like a grab bag of countries.
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Level 71
Aug 25, 2023
Can't wrap my head around Ethiopia. Like, even looking at Africa alone, Nigeria was passed up for BRICS membership and is clearly stronger and more important. They also passed up Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Level 62
Aug 25, 2023
Yes, Ethiopia is a strange choice. As far as we know, she has a conflict with Egypt because of the hydroelectric power station, which is why there will be two more opponents in the members. If BRICS is going to solve the conflict? Apparently, but how long will it take to settle the conflict between the members first, and then do something really important. In addition, 200,000 people have recently died in Ethiopia from the war, is there a need for such a member, in whose place Nigeria is a prosperous country (no)?
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Level 73
Aug 26, 2023
The expansion of BRICS, in my opinion, is not a great option for the time being. I also think the addition of Ethiopia instead of Nigeria was a bad choice.

I think the formation of a common currency should have been given more priority than the expansion. Anyway, we'll see how successful (or unsuccessful) will the expanded BRICS be in a few years.

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Level 79
Aug 30, 2023
A common currency? As a replacement for what they all have like the Euro was for parts of Europe?

Neither China nor India will give up their respective currencies. They need to be able to manipulate their values independently.

I could see them looking for something other than USD for trading purposes, but I don't see a Euro-like common currency emerging.

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Level 19
Aug 31, 2023
How to do the section quizzes?
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Level 75
Aug 31, 2023
Have these six countries confirmed that they are joining BRICS or have they been invited to join?
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Level 33
Aug 31, 2023
Bricsiseuae
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Level 20
Aug 31, 2023
I can’t believe this is how I found out BRICS is welcoming new countries
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Level 69
Aug 31, 2023
I got all but one. Knowing Saudi Arabia was a member, I didn't even bother to guess Iran.

This is indeed a strange coalition.

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Level 65
Sep 4, 2023
The situation is even more tense between Egypt and Ethiopia
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Level 50
Sep 4, 2023
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Level 63
Sep 4, 2023
criibsesuaa? idk
+7
Level 68
Jan 2, 2024
Argentina declined the invitation to join the group. Milei, oh Milei…
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Level 50
Jan 4, 2024
Argentina is pulling out of the group. It should be removed from the list

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67842992

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Level 56
Jan 5, 2024
Shame
+3
Level ∞
Jan 11, 2024
Yeah, who wouldn't want to be in the lovely China/Russia sphere of influence?
+4
Level 62
Jan 11, 2024
Yes, so let's abandon national currencies, accept the dollar, destroy the bank to the ground and sell all the wealth to American corporations! It will be much better, and most importantly, this way we will not be influenced by any country!
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Level 67
Jan 11, 2024
Because US influence to Latin America and the world was so damn good so far... your comments may appear that G& and Western powers are so kind to developing countries...
+1
Level 51
Jan 11, 2024
Now it should be called BRICSEEISU
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Level 70
Jan 12, 2024
In addition to the real new members, I also tried Nigeria, Argentina and Mexico. The UAE took me the longest to guess because I imagine the Brics countries to be larger and, consequently, with a bigger potential growth in influence
+1
Level 61
Jan 12, 2024
I swear Argentina was i the 2024 list, I guess not.
+1
Level 33
Jan 13, 2024
So sad Milei's government declined the membership. They really have no interest in strategic geopolitics.
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Level 36
Jan 23, 2024
BRICS, I SEE U. A good abbreviation.