To BRICS or Not to BRICS: the Group’s Future After Expansion

Striking a balance between quantitative and qualitative development is the key challenge for BRICS in the coming years, which will determine its efficiency and positioning The year 2024 has already made BRICS history with the admission of new members. It seems that further expansion is only a matter of time. This change in membership numbers has effectively overshadowed the substantive agenda of Russia’s presidency at the media and socio-political levels. Interestingly, in the run-up to the BRICS...