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UNASUR: a Pragmatic Dream of Creating a United South America

... after the protests by the Ecuadorian police in 2010 and came into force in March 2014 [21] . It stipulates measures to prevent coups d’état and political destabilisation caused by violations of constitutional norms. UNASUR Engages with BRICS UNASUR acted either as a mediator or as the arena for drawing up a consolidated position, which made it possible to stop the conflict escalating. It must be said that until recently UNASUR was a kind of “thing in itself” on the global ...

22.08.2014

Obama's "Scare Force" Targets BRICS

Calling the BRICS development bank “an insurance policy against the risk of U.S. sanctions,” experts at the prestigious Brookings Institution have joined Washington’s effort to disrupt the Russian economy and punish nations who do business with ...

11.08.2014

The Results of the BRICS Summit. View from India

The BRICS summit took place in Brazil in the middle of July 2014. Issues of interest not only to the BRICS members, but also for global development were discussed. We asked Debasish Nandy , Doctor of Political Sciences, associate professor of Kanchrapara ...

28.07.2014

Russian Goals for BRICS: Then and Now

During the sixth BRICS summit last week in Fortaleza, Brazil, the five BRICS countries agreed, as expected, to form both a development bank (named the New Development Bank) and a Contingency Reserve Arrangement (CRA). The agreements aim to minimize the role of traditional ...

24.07.2014

Russia should not allow US to isolate it in international arena

... of isolation, not only in Europe." "One of these countries - China. President Putin's trip to China, a position of Beijing, are very important in this situation. Their positions have been also outlined by India, South Africa, Brazil - all BRICS countries. And we need to consolidate relations with those countries that do not follow the American policy of isolation "- added Pushkov. He warned that "here and now the balance of world powers is tested," including "check ...

14.07.2014

Islam, the hidden “I” in BRICS

With leaders of the BRICS group gathering in Brazil to discuss socially inclusive growth and sustainable solutions the issue of accommodating the presence of Islamic populations within the alliance is missing from their agenda. Avoiding an important conversation The BRICS ...

14.07.2014

Russia and BRICS: An Introduction

On July 14-16, the heads of state of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) will gather in Fortaleza and Brasilia for their sixth annual summit. It is, as the newly launched website proudly notes, the beginning of “the second cycle of BRICS.” What the ...

09.07.2014

BRICS: Cooperation for Development

On May 27, 2014 the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) hosted the 5th International Conference "BRICS: Cooperation for Development" with the focus on future participation of BRICS countries in global governance, fostering economic and trade relations between member-states, and networking of BRICS universities to train personnel for innovative ...

29.05.2014

Trust Barometer Promotes Mistrust of Russia and BRICs

... Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the United States started its $3 trillion war in Iraq. A few weeks after 911 a Goldman-Sachs economist (no longer associated with the firm) coined the term BRICs as a public relations ploy to promote investment in developing economies, which had been reduced to a trickle due to the economic crisis. The concept went viral and suddenly top economists, analysts and business writers were touting investment in ...

31.01.2014

BRICS: A New Actor in Global Security

Will BRICS Make the World Safer? In its infancy, BRICS was preoccupied with economic issues, but today the group is also eager to handle global political problems including maintaining global security without the use of force. The BRICS countries support ...

09.12.2013
 

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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