BRICS reaching out to PEAKS: the next wave of expansion

... and the largest economy in ASEAN South Asia: Pakistan as the second most significant economic power in South Asia after India Africa: Egypt as one of the leading economic powers in Africa Latin America: Argentina as one of the heavyweights in Latin America Eurasia: Kazakhstan as the second largest economy in the CIS space Middle East: Saudi Arabia as the leading economy in the Middle East The resulting grouping may be referred to as InPEAKS or more simply PEAKS can constitute a grouping that works closely with the core BRICS groups under the umbrella of the BRICS+ process. Importantly, all of the above economies (apart from Pakistan) have already participated in the BRICS+ formats ...