Alejandro Reyes
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“What should matter to the US is why so many important countries want the BRICS to exist and expand. They want more choices. They want greater influence over global institutions. They want alternative financing and payment channels. And more and more, they want to insulate themselves from supply-chain disruption, sanctions, tariffs or political pressure emanating from any one major power,”
Alejandro Reyes · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-12
Reyes said what should matter to the US is why many important countries want BRICS to exist and expand, seeking more choices and insulation from disruptions and pressure.
“So the deeper message for Washington is that, if the US treats every attempt at strategic autonomy as hostility, it may actually strengthen the forces driving countries towards the BRICS,”
Alejandro Reyes · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-12
Reyes said that if the US treats every attempt at strategic autonomy as hostility, it may strengthen the forces driving countries towards BRICS.
“Russia and China are comfortable presenting BRICS as a counterweight to American and Western power, but India and several other members are much less interested in casting the organisation as an anti-Western alliance,”
Alejandro Reyes · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-12
Reyes said Russia and China are comfortable presenting BRICS as a counterweight to Western power, while India and others are less interested in an anti-Western alliance framing.
“The BRICS bring together countries that disagree with one another but share an interest in having greater room for manoeuvre internationally. It’s a group that bespeaks the idea of multipolarity as agency,”
Alejandro Reyes · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-12
Reyes said BRICS brings together countries that disagree but share an interest in greater international room for manoeuvre, embodying multipolarity as agency.
“Iran is a BRICS member and the conflict has been directly affecting trade routes and energy access and market, which is having global economic impact,”
Alejandro Reyes · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-12
Alejandro Reyes noted that Iran's BRICS membership and the conflict's impact on trade routes and energy markets has global economic consequences.