Doris Liew is an economist and assistant research manager at IDEAS Malaysia.
Indonesia is right to reject the bloc for economic, geographic and geopolitical reasons

Foreign ministers of South Africa, China and Russia pose for a group photo during a meeting of the BRICS Plus Ministerial Council in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June 2024. © Reuters
Doris Liew is an economist and assistant research manager at IDEAS Malaysia.