Indonesia has formally joined the BRICS as a full member, becoming the first Southeast Asian country to join the group. There are now ten full members and eight new partner countries in the bloc, making up 41.4% of global GDP and half the world population.

Joining the discussion: 

• Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow with the Taihe Institute and Chairman of Asia Narratives.
• Jorge Heine is a former Chilean Ambassador to China and Research Professor with the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.
• Anton Fedyashin is a Professor of History at American University.
• Gita Wirjawan is a former Indonesian Minister of Trade and Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.

JUST IN: 🇮🇩 Indonesia officially joins BRICS as a full member. pic.twitter.com/TSj7LyEGPK

— BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) January 6, 2025

Indonesia has formally joined the BRICS group, a bloc of emerging economies featuring Russia, China and others that is viewed as a counterweight to the West https://t.co/WArU5O2PfT pic.twitter.com/IQKmPOJqlS

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) January 7, 2025