BRICS vs Dollar: The Battle for Reserve Currency Dominance

For eight decades, the US dollar has functioned as the world's reserve currency - the default medium for oil contracts, sovereign debt, and international trade settlement. That dominance was never simply economic. It was enforced by alliance networks, military presence, and the absence of a credible alternative. BRICS, the expanding bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, now repre...