Most countries wanted to strike a balance between China and the US, but the imperialists weren't having any of that. Even UK, Aus, Canada, and NZ wanted to strike a balance at first. That is, until the US made it clear who gives orders and who takes them. The countries that have joined or are interested in joining BRICS and SCO are doing so precisely because the US does not give them a choice of striking a balance. If they do not join a China-centered order, they open themselves up to increased risk of coups, terrorism, invasion, color revolutions, etc. planned and instigated by you-know-who. And so they join for their own self-protection. The imperialists' greatest enemy is literally themselves. Everyone else outside of that circle is just trying to manage the imperialists' rampaging/convulsing self-destruction, survive, and hopefully even thrive in the aftermath.