The non-aligned movement today
... 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 NAM seems unfeasible if the following factors are neglected. As has been mentioned, following a decline in activity during the unipolar period of international relations,...