... reforms, to restore its authority, to enhance its effectiveness and to regain its central role in international affairs.
China and Russia, either as a member of the global South or as its partner, should work together with the Global South in the international ... ... but it is possible to form a grid-like form of cooperation that is multilevel, multidisciplinary and multiformat.
The SCO and BRICS are originally platforms for political, economic, security and humanistic cooperation among their participants, but as they have expanded and developed, their functions have begun to expand and their impact on the international order and global governance has grown. On the one hand, these ...
... recently undergone noticeable adjustments, following the developments in the geopolitical situation and the nature of Russia’s cooperation with the aspiring states. The Federal Republic of Germany and Japan, for instance, have been
classified as unfriendly nations
by the Russian Government’s Resolution No. 430-r, dated March 5, 2022.
Following the 15
th
summit of BRICS in Johannesburg, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
supported
the candidacies of India, Brazil and South Africa “as states whose active role in this worldwide organization we appreciate and we want it to be bolstered in the Security Council....
... is widespread, even without the direct participation of the West.
On a global scale, we are witnessing the activities of the BRICS, which emerged as an alternative to the Western world order, but took the form of its most interesting achievement. At the ... ... Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which is also an international institution, but without the participation of Western countries, has become quite successful. Even Russia and its closest neighbours have created institutions such as the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Collective Security ...
... required, are small. The West has chosen the path of threats, blackmail, unilateral sanctions and hybrid aggression against those countries that, like Russia or China, and subsequently any other state, choose the path of sovereign development.
Nevertheless, regardless of the outcome ... ... will lead to a new, more just and equal world. Perhaps these decisions will be made within the framework of the G20 minus or BRICS plus, but necessarily by countries interested in real cooperation, and not in obtaining unilateral benefits. It is this ...
... the contrary, this is the only order attuned to present-day realities, which should promote the comprehensive development of all States – both big and small – and enhanced mutually beneficial cooperation among us on the basis of shared interests.
Russia, as other BRICS countries, rejects diktat and pressure, blackmail and threats, let alone the use of force without the UNSC decision. In contrast, it proposes to follow the path of a mutually respectful dialogue aimed to reach the consensus that takes into account interests ...
... China, India and Brazil, who are impacted by drought and infrastructure problems that step on their economic performance. And Russia is dealing with a sanctions regime that includes food, orchestrated by Washington and its European allies.
BRICS food security. A slow rollout?
It's one thing to move cautiously to manage risks. It's something else to move slowly due to political differences.
Madame Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund has already pressed the BRICS New Development Bank to start generating loans in a tight money global economy ahead of its ...
... contingents (
see Table 1
).
Table 1.
BRICS countries in UN Peacekeeping Activities (as of October 31, 2012)
Country
Police
Experts
Military
Total
India
1 001
51
6 812
7 864
South Africa
61
20
2 120
2 201
China
172
37
1710
1 919
Brazil
11
24
1676
1 711
Russia
38
62
5
105
BRICS countries
1 283
194
12 323
13 800
All countries
12 811
1 899
83 611
98 321
Source
:
UN
India indisputably outnumbers its BRICS partners and is followed by Brazil, with South Africa and China trailing behind. Russia is the unquestionable underachiever, ...
... seek to become a doppelganger for the Paris-based Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
But even without a headquarters, a leader and lacking a professionally crafted media image, that is what’s happening.
Meanwhile, Russia has hedged its bets, announcing its intention to join the OECD in 2015, after national elections in Brazil and India.
Wouldn’t it be better for the BRICS to put that $100 billion on hold and use it to promote food security and agricultural coordination among the members?
After all, all of the BRICS economies are caught in what economists call the classic “middle income trap” that mimics ...