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EU Sees No Problem with ASEAN’s Interest in BRICS

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Jakarta. The European Union sees no problem with ASEAN economies seeking entry into the China and Russia-led BRICS, according to its envoy. BRICS recently underwent an expansion with ASEAN founding member Indonesia joining as the club’s 10th member. BRICS encompasses Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, to name a few. The group accepted Egypt, … Read more

ASEAN’s interest in BRICS is a hedge against Trump

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Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of “The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery.” “Any system of world order, to be sustainable, must be accepted as just,” argued Henry Kissinger in “World Order.” International order, the legendary statesman argued, … Read more