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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

China, together with Russia, helped Iran join two multilateral groupings where they are charter members: the so-called Brics bloc of emerging economies in 2024 and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a security-focused body, in 2023.

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