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The announcement of the receipt of Turkey’s official application to join the BRICS group was an important news that actually gave Western countries a new shock because Turkey is a member of the NATO military alliance and a candidate to join the European Union and wants to enter an important group that At least three big powers of this group, namely China, Russia and Iran, are on the front against the interests of the West. Consequently, it is important to understand why even a NATO member would seek to join BRICS. The answer to this question reveals new realities that clearly describe the new order and the change in the balance of power in the international system.
Previously, only Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa were members of this group, but now Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have also joined this group, and in addition, several other countries are also waiting in line. In addition to many important Asian and African powers, countries such as Belarus are also seeking to join BRICS, and taking into account the population of the member countries, as well as taking into account their reserves and economic potential, it is possible to describe this situation by the term “BRICS world”. used; A world in which America and Europe are not leaders and they are facing the largest economic organization of the international system centered on Asia and Africa.
The reaction of countries to Western bullying
The words of Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry about BRICS, have a special symbolic importance because in expressing the reasons for the desire of different countries to join BRICS, she used words that well describe the Hollywood nature of American power. Zakharova said: “The world is tired of continuous US attacks. Countries tend to continue developing relations based on the principles of international law, but America, like a madman in a Hollywood movie, follows everything with an ax and chainsaw, and countries are also looking for a new form of interaction. That’s why more than 30 countries have submitted official requests to join BRICS.
Asia is talking
Since late, the two important powers of Asia, namely China and India, were BRICS members, but with the arrival of new members such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, the weight of Asian countries became heavier. Asian and African countries see BRICS as an alternative to global institutions that are dominated by traditional Western powers and have always fueled the inequality between the North and the South. Now the new members hope to benefit from the benefits such as financing development and increasing trade and investment by joining BRICS.
Currently, the BRICS member countries have the fastest growing markets in the world, which provide potential opportunities for trade, investment and economic growth for the member countries. Membership in this group allows countries to have more political visibility and influence on the world stage, especially in regional and international organizations.
According to economic analysts, BRICS is an alternative to the powerful financial institutions of the West. Financial and political institutions dominated by the West, such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the G7, have always used financial instruments in a way that has increased inequality and poverty. During the outbreak of the coronavirus, it was the western countries that practically took over the vaccine market by using the financial tactics of monopoly and hoarding, and other countries also thought that it was time to knock under the table and by strengthening non-western groups, change the balance.
BRICS membership allows countries to diversify their economic and political partners and reduce their dependence on any one country or bloc. The Islamic Republic of Iran as the undisputed power of the region, Saudi Arabia as a large oil producer and seller, and the UAE is an active element in regional trade, practically added to the power of BRICS, and now if Turkey joins, this group can have a lot to say. have
New members, from Malaysia and Thailand to Algeria and Belarus
As the most populous country in the Muslim world, Indonesia is one of the countries that wants to join BRICS. At the same time, two other important Asian powers, namely Thailand and Malaysia, have expressed their desire to participate in BRICS, and with their arrival, the Southeast Asian bloc will gain more power, and actually, the cooperation between BRICS and ASEAN will create the conditions for creating new capital opportunities. will provide
On the other side of the world and in the African continent, several other countries are entering the BRICS, and with their arrival, the territory of the BRICS will exceed the limit of the 2 members of South Africa and Ethiopia, and an important gas power such as Algeria will join the ranks of the BRICS, followed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Comoros, and Gabon put forward their request. In Central Asia, the talented and important country of Kazakhstan is looking for BRICS membership, the Republic of Azerbaijan has announced its official request, and two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Cuba, also want to become BRICS. The expansion of BRICS membership is a direct response to the intensification of bipolar competition, which has significantly increased global geopolitical uncertainties.
If two other Latin American countries, namely Venezuela and Vietnam, join BRICS, new balances will be formed that will affect the international economy. At the same time, Belarus, as a country that stands openly against the approach of NATO and the West, will help to strengthen BRICS. But these are only examples of new countries expressing their desire to join, and the authorities of other countries such as Bangladesh, Bahrain, Nigeria, and Senegal are also on the path to BRICS membership.