BRICS, A Rebellion of the Rest Against the West.

This video discusses political and economic implications of the expansion of BRICS in historical perspective. What were for reasons for the formation of BRICS? What are the political objectives of its founders? Why did the leaders of BRICS decide to expand? Why the newly addmitted members were chosen out of more than twenty applicants? What does it all add up to in world affairs and specifically for Russia and the USA?
Dr. Brovkin is a Russian borm American historian, now retired, used to serve as an Associate Professor of Soviet History at Harvard University, author of several books on Russian history, among them Behind the Fronlines of the Civil War; Russia After Lenin, Mensheviks After October, Dear Comrades at others, all available on Amazon.