Nigeria is basically the poster child for comprador economies right now, right up there with Kenya. The main reason they’re cozying up to the BRICS is their economic ties with China. The silver lining? They’re not being made full members. Kind of like how it’d be a disaster to give Turkey BRICS membership after they played ball with the U.S. to topple the Baath Party in Syria. That whole move wasn’t just to destabilize Syria but also to help Israel cut Hezbollah off from Iran—and then Turkey had the nerve to turn around and buddy up with Netanyahu. A mess all around.
Nigeria is basically the poster child for comprador economies right now, right up there with Kenya. The main reason they’re cozying up to the BRICS is their economic ties with China. The silver lining? They’re not being made full members. Kind of like how it’d be a disaster to give Turkey BRICS membership after they played ball with the U.S. to topple the Baath Party in Syria. That whole move wasn’t just to destabilize Syria but also to help Israel cut Hezbollah off from Iran—and then Turkey had the nerve to turn around and buddy up with Netanyahu. A mess all around.