... membership to Japan and Germany is essentially excluded. Another peculiar feature of China’s position is the aspiration for the so-called “
package solution
,” i.e. for transformations with the maximum backing of all UN member states, which is an elusive task. It is also important to bear in mind that... ... alarm Beijing.
To summarize everything stated above, it is highly probable that the Russian presidency in BRICS will involve the challenge of bringing together the positions of both the “old-timers”...
... drought in over a century provided impetus for the agriculture ministers of the BRICS nations to gather in Brasilia in March and launch a manifesto designed to make the group a key player in the global food security regime. But they did. Now the world is waiting.
From a moral and business ethics perspective the effort makes sense and can add value to the BRICS brand.
But success depends on 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 ...
... countries in terms of personnel strength within UN 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, ...
