New Brics members Saudi Arabia, UAE taking ‘a step away’ from US, seeking global roles

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

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Guy Burton, an adjunct professor of international relations at the Brussels School of Governance, said the new Middle Eastern members of Brics “will all bring different motivations and baggage”.

“The Saudis and Emiratis will see it as vindication of their growing importance in the global economy, while Egypt and Iran will be hoping that membership generates investment for their flagging economies – and Iran will see it as a potential political alliance,” he told This Week In Asia.

“There’s also the challenges of agreeing things”, given that everything in Brics is done by consensus and there is a lack of a formal, institutionalised decision-making process, he said.

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