... for the current Chinese presidency in 2022.
The difficulties of the BRICS were also caused by internal reasons. The test for BRICS was 2020, when the association, contrary to expectations, did hardly anything to assist in countering the COVID-19 pandemic.... ... initially considered a club of the most dynamic economies, the union of five countries has become internally highly heterogeneous. China and India continue to vie with each other as leaders of economic growth, while Brazil, South Africa and Russia have witnessed a systemic crisis since the mid-2010s, when the fall in GDP alternates with stagnant growth. Economic difficulties ...
... review goals and objectives and synchronize views. In the last few years, nearly a decade into its establishment and operation, BRICS is facing a crisis. On the one hand, the crisis has a specific set of causes, which include an economic downturn in three of its countries (Russia, Brazil, South Africa) as well as the worsening contradictions between China and India or between China and Brazil. The accumulated dissatisfaction with the actual results of the grouping’s ten years ...
... progress with Nord Stream II while expanding Permian oil and gas basin on full speed, or its growing and guided trade war with China and lately India are all signs of major concern for the custodian of the global reserve currency.
New World Begets a New ... ... point partially or fully.
Tristan Kenderdine:
US–Iran Conflict Would Strengthen China’s Position in the Middle East
China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa are the founding members of the
New Development Bank
. NDB’s 2017–2021 general strategy clearly ...
On July 26th a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of BRICS countries is set to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meetings at the level of the heads of Foreign Ministries is held twice per ... ... of mutual interest and has helped promote mutual understanding".
For her part Russia’s Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Maria Zakharova announced that a meeting... ... may well feature prominently on this year’s agenda of Brazil’s presidency.
For China the upcoming meeting in Brazil will be an opportunity to employ both the multilateral...
... Bolsonaro and his party (the Social Liberal Party).
If top level contacts do make it possible to overcome ideological fears and improve mutual understanding, Araújo is likely to pay much attention to an alliance with Russia, including possibly in the BRICS format. Brazilian diplomacy may need Russia as a counterbalance to China’s influence in the bloc. For Brazil’s right-wing politicians, China remains a source of a far greater number of phobias than Moscow. Despite opening its economy in recent decades, formally, China remains a communist country and is the greatest ...
... 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... ... Ministerial Conference on Ending Tuberculosis held in Moscow, the World Water Forum in Brazil, the Vaccine Research and Development Center and matters related to outer space...
... conventional weapons in space). These endeavors were repeated in 2007 when Russia and China simultaneously
suggested
concluding a new agreement on space non-militarization... ... obligatory implementation. However, today the balance of powers is shifting which means the BRICS nations may lobby their interests louder and achieve global goals.
But proclamations... ... ponderable — real cooperation. By now the list of common projects is as follows:
1. Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System has a ground control station in Brasilia (Brazil) while Brazil is currently
developing
the second launcher family with the help...
... for a Brighter Future».
The second round of the chairmanship is on, and a decade of successful cooperation development within BRICS in such key areas of interaction as policy and security, economy, trade and investment, agriculture, science and innovation, education, health, culture, etc. has passed. The first summit of the heads of state from Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) was held on the initiative of Russia in 2009 in Yekaterinburg. The format was considered successful, and summit meetings ...
... 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 ...
... all of the BRICS countries.
Among the BRICS countries, India has the most infrastructural issues. Accordingly, the development of large-scale infrastructure projects is an
absolute priority
(
Table 1
).
Table 1.
Infrastructure Development Level in BRICS countries and their Priority Partner countries (2010—2014)
Russia
Priority Partners (average)
1
Brazil
Priority Partners (average)
2
China
Priority Partners (average)
3
Number of
air transport
registered carrier departures (2014)
67440
22027
958782
59948,18
3,073,450
–
Electricity consumption (kW per capita, 2010 – 2014)
6486
2423
2438
961,28
3,298
–
Fresh water ...
