{"id":250538,"date":"2023-07-03T20:28:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T14:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=250538"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:52:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T09:22:55","slug":"a-bigger-brics-expansion-of-the-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-bigger-brics-expansion-of-the-group\/","title":{"rendered":"A bigger BRICS \u2013 Expansion of the group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cA bigger BRICS \u2013 Expansion of the group is in offing, challenge for founder members is to ensure it does not become a Chinese bandwagon<\/strong>\u201d published in The Indian Express <\/strong>on\u00a03rd<\/sup> July 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 2 \u2013 Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements involving India and\/or affecting India\u2019s interests.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>challenges associated with the expansion of BRICS<\/strong><\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Middle-sized countries with strong economies in the global south are looking to join BRICS.<\/p>\n

Why are those countries interested in joining BRICS?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

BRICS represents 40 percent of the world\u2019s population and 23 percent of global GDP,<\/strong> making it an attractive grouping for other countries.<\/p>\n

Further, the change in the geopolitical shifts in the world from the time of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, has prompted these countries<\/strong> in the global south to look for a platform that can acknowledge their voice and power. These both are potentially possible in BRICS.<\/p>\n

Over 20 countries are in line for membership, with Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, the UAE, Egypt, and Argentina expected to be granted membership this August.<\/p>\n

Must Read: <\/strong>The paradox of BRICS, its new pathway<\/a><\/p>\n

What are the challenges with expanding BRICS grouping?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An increase in membership is likely to weigh the group in favour of China because <\/strong>some countries waiting to join are also part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative.<\/p>\n

This raise concerns that an expanded BRICS could be seen as a Chinese-led anti-American bloc.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

India, which has been strengthening its bilateral relationship with the US, has been concerned about expansion. India views China’s role in driving these countries for membership of BRICS along with the support of Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

India also raised its concern in last year\u2019s BRICS that any addition of new members must follow the carefully thought-out objective criteria for membership<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This should be mutually discussed among the present members, so that all are of the same view regarding expansion.<\/p>\n

Further, at the BRICS foreign ministers\u2019 meeting last month<\/strong>, India\u2019s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar <\/strong>emphasized the need to consider the ways in which existing BRICS countries collaborate with each other and engages with non-BRICS countries.<\/p>\n

Must Read: <\/strong>BRICS FM meeting in South Africa: What\u2019s on the agenda?<\/a><\/p>\n

What lies ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Despite the concerns, India may not be able to prevent expansion entirely, as many of the countries are also friends of India.<\/strong> Hence, India seems to have accepted the possibility of limited addition of five new members.<\/p>\n

However, the challenge would be<\/strong> for the original BRICS members and the new entrants to ensure that the group does not become a Chinese bandwagon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cA bigger BRICS \u2013 Expansion of the group is in offing, challenge for founder members is to ensure it does not become a Chinese bandwagon\u201d published in The Indian Express on\u00a03rd July 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Bilateral, Regional and Global Groupings and Agreements involving India and\/or affecting… Continue reading A bigger BRICS \u2013 Expansion of the group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500,239,238],"class_list":["post-250538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","tag-international-relations","tag-ir","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}