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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.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Every few years some IR wonk writes an article about how Ethiopia is the up and coming middle power of the Horn of Africa and this might be the first manifestation of that in a long time.

      • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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        11 months ago

        this might be the first manifestation of that in a long time

        I'm not quite sure what "this" and "that" refer to in this sentence. I also can't say that I know what an "IR wonk" is, necessarily.

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          11 months ago

          Ethiopia's membership in BRICS might be a sign of its increasing status as a legitimate middle power in the horn of Africa.

          Yeah, sorry, I can see why that was confusing. My bad.

          And IR wonk is an International Relations nerd.