... the gradual stable growth of Russia’s interests in Latin America.
As for meetings that have the greatest significance for Russia, the key talks for understanding the development of Russia’s foreign policy are the now traditional sessions held with BRICS countries. In addition, a meeting was also held between the heads of state of Russia, India and China (in the RIC format). Objectively, this format could be the most efficient, since interaction between Eurasia’s three largest states is of principal significance for both regional and global security. The dialogue on security issues and collaboration ...
... which looks like another jab directed at the United States due to its decreased level of representation and subsequent absence from the last meeting). The stance on the Korean settlement was sketched out very briefly, apparently because none of the BRICS countries feel like a leader in the process. The paragraph on preventing militarization of outer space did not contain references to the Russia-China initiative.
Andrey Kortunov:
Why the World is Not Becoming Multipolar
The initiatives discussed not only in the Business Club, but also at the BRICS Expert Council are gradually moving to the fore. Those are, in particular, issues pertaining to ...
... Corporation (SABC) held a live phone-in show on the upcoming BRICS Summit in SAR.
On July 23, 2018, China Global Television Network (CGTN) in cooperation with South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) held a live phone-in show on the upcoming BRICS Summit in SAR.
The summit will be held on July 25-27 in Johannesburg. The leaders of Russia, Brazil, India, China, and South Africa, as well as the leaders of Argentina, Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, and Jamaica will take part in the meeting. The main theme of the summit will be cooperation in the area of economic planning in the face of the Fourth Industrial Revolution....
... is worth looking for sprouts of new multilateralism elsewhere. Examples include the BRICS+ project and the “Community of Common Destiny.” Both initiatives attempt to... ...
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Seventh Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Qian Qichen stated that the world is still in a transitionary phase, and that... ... June 2, 2017, “To reiterate, there are not so many countries that have sovereignty. Russia treasures its sovereignty, but not as a toy. We need sovereignty to protect our...
... or another. This means that the SCO is still facing institutional competition, albeit in an implicit and relatively mild form. We have already mentioned the SCO’s rivalry with the EAEU, but this is not the only possible scenario.
For example, the BRICS organization (which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is based on the Eurasian triangle of Russia, India and China (the “RIC” part of the acronym). Now that India is a member of the SCO, the latter has come to reproduce, somewhat belatedly, the Eurasian triangle of BRICS; this ...
... China’s phenomenal economic growth and the huge financial resources at its disposal, has given an upper hand to it in a relationship in which Russia had carried more weight in the past. It was Russia that had taken the leadership to establish the Russia–India–China dialogue and the BRIC forum, later evolving into BRICS, but now it is China that is becoming the senior partner. China is taking the lead to alter the nature of BRICS and consolidate its leading role in it by launching the idea of BRICS plus, which will serve as a platform for expanding its geopolitical ...
... background of proclamations voiced during Summits and then recorded in the final Declarations.
The BRICS leaders express willingness [
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] to prevent arms race in space and renew negotiations on non-deployment of weapons and non-militarization. The BRICS representatives stand for peaceful joint activities connected with the effective common use of space technologies. Since the mid-2000s Russia and China have persistently sought for devising confidence-building measures in outer space to provide collective security and prevent space militarization/weaponization and presented their position during the UN sessions.[1] The most determined attempts ...
... secondly, it is held at a time when security agenda comes to the forefront. The summit will provide a good opportunity for the leaders of the major emerging powers to discuss most pressing issues.
Anna Kuznetsova:
Greater Eurasia: Perceptions from Russia, the European Union, and China
The meeting of BRICS Ministers of Industry on July 29, 2017, in Hangzhou
ended in signing the Action Plan
to deepen industrial cooperation between the states of the association. The plan states seven basic directions for further development of industrial cooperation ...
... including civil society consults initiated by Russia, preceded the summit and they will also follow it; all in all, they will be held
in over 30 areas
. Particular mention should be made of the BRICS Think Tank Council (BTTC) which brings together BRICS strategic centers in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Expert recommendations drafted at the scheduled meeting of the
Goa BRICS Academic Forum in September
were brought to the attention of the heads of state.
What changes did take place in a little over a year between Russia’s ...
... happen; they offer a rational behind BRICS, but backed up with a whole flurry of reasons why this group is going to be only a talk-shop. This is exactly what is the foundation of the analytical piece by Bobo Lo “The Illusion of Convergence – Russia, China, and the BRICS”.
Limits to cooperation
The G7 found itself in a empty playing field and had to invent a totally new mechanism able to provide for follow up actions, but the G7 was never able to set up a new international body to manage its aspirations.
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