In the past 15 years, the BRICS group has made good on its founding mandate of shaping an alternative global order as it has emerged as a credible and formidable challenger to the West’s G7 in terms of global influence and stature.
The longevity and the increasing appeal of the BRICS bloc, as evidenced by many countries’ desire to join the group, has surprised many who dismissed it as a marriage of convenience which would soon crumble under the weight of political,
