False and Real International Institutions in the 21st Century
... security, i.e. realising the main goal of states is their survival. Based on an analysis of the nature and activities of the BRICS and the SCO, we can see what distinguishes them from the traditional institutions of the West and can thus correct the assessments proposed ... ... noted, is the absence of a clearly defined power base. Both international institutions are, in this sense, the antipodes of NATO and the European Union -the pinnacles of the institutional building of the West. NATO was built around the rigid core of ...