On September 12, 2013 at 16.00, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) will host a discussion on "Russia's BRICS Strategy: Goals and Instruments" to mark the second anniversary of the National Committee for BRICS Studies’ establishment (NCBS).
The event will be opened by senior officials from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and also representatives ...
In a conference call that I attended Friday discussing second quarter performance Brazil’s finance minister Guido Mantega noted that agricultural production increased 3.9% . That’s good for Russia and the rest of the BRICS because Brazil’s food exports help feed them. Among the alliance Brazil is the only nation that can feed itself.
Russia, China, India and South Africa have food trade deficits. Among non-BRICS, Japan remains dependent as the world’s ...
... extraordinary interdependence and growing interconnectedness.
[1] Ian Bremmer, The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? (New York: Portfolio, 2011).
[2] The most powerful and dynamic emerging countries are called BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), first coined by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill. The BRICs Summit in 2011 welcomed South Africa and now BRICS are widely referred as Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. For the background ...
On March 12, RIAC representatives Anton Tsvetov and Vladimir Morozov attended the opening ceremony of academic conference "
BRICS in the Modern World: Specifics and Prospects for Strategic Partnership
" in MGIMO-University. The forum gathered young foreign policy scholars, as well as undergraduates from RIAC partner universities and corporate member organizations, among ...
... meat accounts for about 40 percent of the Russian meat market, whereas almost 40 percent of the Brazilian mineral fertilizer market is controlled by Russian suppliers.
Dr. Davydov, the Russia-Brazil cooperation is going ahead quite smoothly within the BRICS framework. Are there BRICS prospects for other Latin American countries, say for Argentina and Mexico?
Not immediately, as there is a tacit BRICS agreement: first develop a common platform and mechanisms to influence decision-making in other international ...
A “New Power” in the World
A “New Power” in the World
The BRICS economies are gaining in power and growing into a more tangible factor in international affairs, contrary to skeptics’ expectations. Russia takes this very seriously.
On 9 February 2013, the Russian president approved the concept paper on ...
... NAM drives the advanced countries out of the Movement's formal boundaries. Approaching global power status, states like India, Indonesia and South Africa feel claustrophobic within the Movement, and reach out to new centers of power, for example the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Pragmatism and Revived Passionarity
Photo: Ria.ru
At the summit, Iran is taking over from Egypt as
Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement for the period
2012 to 2015
An analysis of current trends within the ...
The Nuclear Factor and BRICS Countries: Opportunities and Prospects for Cooperation
The agenda pursued by the young but influential group of countries known as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) includes a variety of nuclear and related issues in international ...
Report №1/ 2012
Report №1 / 2012
The report contains main conclusions and recommendations made upon the outcomes of the First Asia-Pacific Forum held on November 28-29, 2011 by Russian International Affairs Council jointly with Russian APEC Studies Center.
The publications reflect opinions expressed during the work of the forum panels on regional cooperation and security in Asia-Pacific region, interaction in energy field, food security problems and cooperation in the sphere of infrastructure...
... №2 / 2012
The report presents key findings and recommendations of several scientific and expert workshops conducted by Russian International Affairs Council within the project «Increasing the effectiveness of Russia’s Participation in G8, G20, and BRICS in accordance with the Priorities and National Interests of Russia».
The report deals with the problems of legitimacy and effectiveness of the «Group of Twenty» as a platform for the dialogue between developed and developing countries, problems ...