title: ECONOMIC POWER OF THE BRICS GROUP AND PARTNER COUNTRIES
abstract: The aim of this paper is to characterize the BRICS+ Group and its partner countries in terms of economic power and other derived categories (global shares in GDP, population, and area). The USA, as the BRICS+ Group's main competitor, is also described for comparison. The countries associated with the Group, known as partner countries, are also described. The main research tool in this article is the Sułek model, which was used to calculate state power. The subject of the study is the changes in 
journal: Humanities and Social Sciences quarterly