BRICS vs US: A Global Economic Power Struggle?

The foreign ministers of the BRICS nations, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, recently held a meeting in Cape Town. While the group started informally in 2006 and South Africa joined four years later, it has become increasingly significant in today’s polarized geopolitical climate. In fact, several countries have expressed interest in joining the bloc. The question remains: can this group of emerging economies shift the balance of global trade and power or is it just a political pipe dream? To answer this question, Mohammed Jamjoom hosts a panel of experts including Sanusha Naidu, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Global Dialogue, Chris Weafer, the CEO of Macro-Advisory, and Shirley Yu, a political economist and senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.