Non-Western Multilateralism: BRICS and the SCO in the Post-COVID World

... unwilling to take sides or make the either-or choice. Nevertheless, the rest, including Russia, should adapt to the new environment and rethink their positioning in a two-superpower... ... United States (and later possibly China) will bring pressure to bear on New Delhi and Moscow, compelling them to side with one of them in the context of the US-China confrontation. Finally, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a new profound global economic crisis. Emerging from... ... foreign policies even more impulsive. All these trends are having a mixed impact on BRICS and the SCO. Currently, this influence is certainly negative, but it is also increasing...