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Absolutely astonishing that Iran and Saudi Arabia would be admitted side-by-side. Geopolitical arch-rivals joining the same economic bloc like this might signal a watershed moment for multipolarity.
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Absolutely astonishing that Iran and Saudi Arabia would be admitted side-by-side. Geopolitical arch-rivals joining the same economic bloc like this might signal a watershed moment for multipolarity.
Unfortunately the other members were swayed by the argument “Vuvuzela no iPhone”.
I think China wanted to expand more and India wanted to expand less. Sounds like there was a lot of last-minute horse trading done to get even these countries admitted.
Imo this was as good of an expansion as could be expected.
Any more and it looks like they’re overreaching.
A shame Indonesia, Nigeria, and Venezuela were skipped though.