BRICS reaching out to PEAKS: the next wave of expansion
... second wave of BRICS to the following emerging economies: East Asia: Indonesia as a G20 member and the largest economy in ASEAN South Asia: Pakistan as the second most significant economic power in South Asia after India Africa: Egypt as one of the leading economic powers in Africa Latin America: Argentina as one of the heavyweights in Latin America Eurasia: Kazakhstan as the second largest economy in ... ... cooperation among the key/priority regional projects of BRICS members: BIMSTEC (South Asia), Eurasian Economic Union, African Union, MERCOSUR (Latin America), Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Asia). Such a format has the benefit of being significantly more ...