BRICS
Five-nation economic bloc
BRICS is an acronym for an economic bloc originally comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
The grouping represents major emerging economies seeking alternatives to Western-dominated financial institutions.
In 2024, the bloc expanded to include additional members, though the original acronym persists: BRICS nations are pushing for a new reserve currency.
Rapidly growing economies
- Global SouthEconomically disadvantaged nations collectively
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
trade · dedollarization · expansion · counterweight · multipolar · alternative currency · Durban · membership
China's seat of government
- Great WallMassive Chinese defensive structure
- yuanChinese monetary unit
- ConfuciusAncient Chinese ethical teacher
- pandaMonochrome Chinese bear
Silk Road · Tiananmen · Forbidden City · Shanghai · Terracotta Army · Mandarin · Xi Jinping · dynasty
Moscow's fortified government seat
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- rubleRussian monetary unit
- Trans-SiberianTraversing Russia's eastern wilderness
- PutinRussian authoritarian leader
vodka · Siberia · Dostoevsky · Tchaikovsky · matryoshka · borscht · cosmonaut · tsar
Marble mausoleum in Agra
- BollywoodIndian film industry
- rupeeIndian monetary unit
- HimalayasAsia's highest range
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
curry · Ganges · cricket · Gandhi · sari · Hindi · yoga · Diwali
South African legislative capital
- JohannesburgSouth Africa's economic hub
- PretoriaSouth African administrative capital
- ZuluBantu language of Natal
- AfrikaansSouth African Germanic language
Mandela · apartheid · safari · Kruger · rand · vuvuzela · Table Mountain · Robben Island
Afro-Brazilian celebratory dance
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- AmazonGreek warrior women
- soccerField sport with goals
- Rio de JaneiroBrazilian coastal metropolis
caipirinha · bossa nova · Portuguese · capoeira · feijoada · Christ the Redeemer · Ipanema · guarana
emerging markets
Rapidly growing economies
- Global SouthEconomically disadvantaged nations collectively
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
diplomacy · trade · dedollarization · expansion · counterweight · multipolar · alternative currency · Durban · membership · geopolitical
Beijing
China's seat of government
- Great WallMassive Chinese defensive structure
- yuanChinese monetary unit
- ConfuciusAncient Chinese ethical teacher
panda · Silk Road · Tiananmen · Forbidden City · Shanghai · Terracotta Army · Mandarin · Xi Jinping · dynasty · Yangtze
Kremlin
Moscow's fortified government seat
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- rubleRussian monetary unit
- Trans-SiberianTraversing Russia's eastern wilderness
Putin · vodka · Siberia · Dostoevsky · Tchaikovsky · matryoshka · borscht · cosmonaut · tsar · Hermitage
Taj Mahal
Marble mausoleum in Agra
monsoon · curry · Ganges · cricket · Gandhi · sari · Hindi · yoga · Diwali · Bengal tiger
Cape Town
South African legislative capital
- JohannesburgSouth Africa's economic hub
- PretoriaSouth African administrative capital
- ZuluBantu language of Natal
Afrikaans · Mandela · apartheid · safari · Kruger · rand · vuvuzela · Table Mountain · Robben Island · rooibos
samba
Afro-Brazilian celebratory dance
Rio de Janeiro · caipirinha · bossa nova · Portuguese · capoeira · feijoada · Christ the Redeemer · Ipanema · guarana · real
- BrazilRio, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Amazon River
- South AfricaCape Town, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, Durban
- international relationsbilateral talks, foreign affairs, UN, global politics, sanctions
- alliancesalliance, allies, ally, coalition, NATO alliance
- Economic OrganizationsIMF, World Bank, OECD, WTO, central bank
- Emerging MarketsChina, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia
BRICSG7
Leading economies' summit group
NATO · Five Eyes · OECD · transatlantic alliance · Pax Americana
BRICSWashington Consensus
1990s development policy prescriptions
IMF · World Bank · SWIFT