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BRICS expands to 56% of world population, 44% of global GDP: Vietnam joins as partner country
(geopoliticaleconomy.com)
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It's complicated. Some countries are allied in one aspect, and bitter enemies in another. For example, the US and Russia are military and world-power rivals, but frequently cooperate in scientific endeavors like the ISS, and conduct plenty of resource trading, like oil and minerals.
Or at least they did for a while. Russia invading Ukraine hampered that a bit.
It's changing back. Trump is quietly re-aligning the US with Russia.