... States, Israel and those European countries that are led by right-wing conservatives.
Diplomacy on the Edge
Victoria Panova:
BRICS Summit: A Blessing in Disguise
As the new ruling elite in Brazil moves from words to deeds, concerns seem to have arisen ... ... since the collapse of the USSR, Brazil’s right-wing politicians and a significant chunk of the population still view President Vladimir Putin as a Soviet
apparatchik
who never cut his functional ties to the KGB. The fact that the KGB has itself been defunct ...
... interactions between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry showed the willingness of presidents Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama to dialogue too. But complications involving anti-Assad Islamists supported by U.S. interests,... ... exporters in the crossfire of what is destined to become a long and costly episode of a different kind of war, economic warfare. BRICS member Brazil, and Argentina, another major food exporter and prospective candidate for BRICS membership, could face santions ...
... successful in contaning militant Islamists in spite of the arms deals and the dollars for democracy trillions. BRICS nations would do well to be mindful of Shamir’s analysis "Coping With Non-state Rivals (login and registration required) .
The BRICS continue to have image problems
The Buenos Aires Herald reported that Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin has praised Argentina, where he just signed a major nuclear deal with the government. But in their coverage the BBC also noted that the Russian leader remains circumspect about the future of the BRICS.
Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov was ...