African Union: future role in BRICS+ and G20

... Security Council can be allocated not just to country heavy-weights, but also to regional associations and blocks. The resulting global governance construct would be rendered less polarized and antagonistic with a layer of pragmatism and non-alignment/neutrality represented by regional blocks/organizations such as the AU. No doubt, against the grim backdrop of today’s international relations such an Africa-led breakthrough may appear utopian to most pundits and observers. But as Nelson Mandela used to say, “it always seems impossible, until it is done” and “a ...